Management of very severe tungiasis cases through repeated community-based treatment with a dimeticone oil formula: a longitudinal study in a hyperendemic region in Uganda
Hannah McNeilly,
Francis Mutebi,
Marlene Thielecke
et al.
Abstract:Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is a neglected tropical disease that is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Tungiasis causes pain, mobility restrictions, stigmatisation, and reduced life quality. Very severe cases with hundreds of sand fleas have been described, but treatment of such cases has never been studied systematically. During a larger community-based tungiasis control programme in a hyperendemic region in Karamoja, northeastern Uganda, 96 very severe tungiasis cases were identified and trea… Show more
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