Entirely extracted <i>Tunga penetrans</i> in a traveller to Guinea-Bissau-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Entirely extracted Tunga penetrans in a traveller to Guinea-Bissau

Published:2024-08-16 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1195-1982
Container-title:Journal of Travel Medicine
language:en
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Author:

Thielecke Marlene¹²^ORCID,Lindner Andreas K¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin , corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, , Charité Center for Global Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany

2. Institute of International Health , corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, , Charité Center for Global Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany

Abstract

A 35-year-old traveller to West Africa returned from his trip with a sand flea embedded in his foot. The pea-sized sand flea was extracted entirely by a non-medical person, allowing an exceptional visualization. Tungiasis, the sand flea disease, occurs sporadically in travellers. This is the second case reported from Guinea-Bissau.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/jtm/taae110/59006778/taae110.pdf

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