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

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...

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Main Authors: Uade Samuel Ugbomoiko (Author), Liana Ariza (Author), Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ofoezie (Author), Jörg Heukelbach (Author)
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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