Risk factors for tungiasis in Nigeria: identification of targets for effective intervention.

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Uade Samuel Ugbomoiko (Συγγραφέας), Liana Ariza (Συγγραφέας), Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ofoezie (Συγγραφέας), Jörg Heukelbach (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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BACKGROUND: The parasitic skin disease tungiasis (caused by the flea Tunga penetrans) affects resource-poor communities in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. Prevalences in endemic areas are high, and severe pathology occurs commonly. However, risk factors for infestation have neve...