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MEDECINE ET MALADIES INFECTIEUSES
Volume 41, Issue 9, Pages 465-468Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2011.05.007
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Jigger flea; Tunga penetrans; Tungiasis
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Tungiasis is the parasitic skin disease caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans, also called the jigger flea, found in most intertropical countries. The contamination occurs when walking barefoot in the sand: adult females actively burrow the foot epidermis leading to self-limited lesions responsible for itching or pain. The diagnosis is made on clinical observation and history of travelling to an endemic country. The simple treatment is surgical extraction of the flea. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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