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.
<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...
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Main Authors: | Abneel K Matharu (Author), Paul Ouma (Author), Margaret M Njoroge (Author), Billy L Amugune (Author), Ayako Hyuga (Author), Francis Mutebi (Author), Jürgen Krücken (Author), Hermann Feldmeier (Author), Lynne Elson (Author), Ulrike Fillinger (Author) |
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2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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