Identification of tungiasis infection hotspots with a low-cost, high-throughput method for extracting Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera) off-host stages from soil samples-An observational study.

• Үндсэн зохиолчид: Abneel K Matharu (Зохиогч), Paul Ouma (Зохиогч), Margaret M Njoroge (Зохиогч), Billy L Amugune (Зохиогч), Ayako Hyuga (Зохиогч), Francis Mutebi (Зохиогч), Jürgen Krücken (Зохиогч), Hermann Feldmeier (Зохиогч), Lynne Elson (Зохиогч), Ulrike Fillinger (Зохиогч)
• Формат: Ном
• Хэвлэсэн: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Нөхцлүүд: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The sand flea, Tunga penetrans, is the cause of a severely neglected parasitic skin disease (tungiasis) in the tropics and has received little attention from entomologists to understand its transmission ecology. Like all fleas, T. penetrans has environmental off-host s...