Journal
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
Volume 112, Issue 9, Pages 3239-3242Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3501-5
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Tunga trimamillata is a species of sand flea occurring in Ecuador and Peru parasitizing cattle, goat, sheep, swine, and man. This is the first report of this species in Brazil, having been found on the hooves of cows in Barretos, So Paulo State, and FelixlA cent ndia, Minas Gerais State, and previously misidentified as Tunga penetrans. A previous report concerning Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris from Rio Novo, Minas Gerais State, may also be attributed to that species of sand flea, a possible the primary host. Given the large geographical distribution of T. trimamillata, the vast cattle population in Brazil, and the high number of individuals subject to the risk of tungiasis, the number of cases attributed to this sand flea will most likely increase over time.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available