Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau

Rosmaninho, Aristóteles; Vilaça, Susana; Costa, Virgílio; Sarmento, António; Amorim, Isabel R.; Selores, Manuela

doi:10.1155/2010/681302

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“…These parasites have created several strategies to get around this. For instance: Tunga penetrans only requires the host to produce eggs; it completes the rest of its life cycle without it (Rosmaninho et al, 2010) The ability of female lice to discharge glue from their reproductive organ and cover their eggs' tiny living spaces, where the baby can breathe, is a second example (Leung et al, 2010).…”

Section: Life Cycle Stagesmentioning

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Constraints faced by parasites during symbiosis – a review

Jafaru,

Tawakaltu,

Ebere

et al. 2023

CaJoST

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Although parasitic infections remained major obstacles to economic progress and a better life in developing countries due to their ability to damage the host's tissues directly through metabolism, there are many constraints that parasites faced in the course of their interaction with the host. The present review was conducted to document the various challenges faced by the parasites while forming a symbiotic association with their host. Over sixty (60) articles were reviewed to get information on the constraints faced by the parasites of some organs such as skin, blood, gut, and liver. Examples of parasites living on the skin are lice, fleas, mites, ticks, Chilodonella, and Trichodinids, while identified constraints faced by parasites on the skin are: nutrients, life cycle stages, desiccation, water, and temperature; the Blood parasites include Trypanosomes, Schistosomes, and Plasmodium, among others. Some difficulties in the blood habitats faced by the parasites include host immune responses, life cycle stages, and drainage issues. Similarly, the gut parasites include E. histolytica, S. mansoni, A. lumbricoides, etc; and the challenges faced by parasites living in the gut include; pH, peristalsis, enzyme digestion, life cycle stages, and others. The present review highlighted and suggested that the hosts should take other necessary efforts that will prevent becoming exposed to parasites through busting their immunity, personal hygiene, and environmental sanitation, because lack of such preventive and control measures may favor parasites from always wine host using some mechanisms to overcome the mentioned constraints.

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Section: Life Cycle Stagesmentioning

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“…Not only did the glue released by Pediculus humanuscorporis' reproductive system aid in the attachment of the eggs for future development, but it also helped prevent the desiccation of the parasites' embryos (Rosmaninho et al, 2010). Ticks' delicate, leathery integument protects them from desiccation (Werren and John, 2003).…”

Section: Desiccationmentioning

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Constraints faced by parasites during symbiosis – a review

Jafaru,

Tawakaltu,

Ebere

et al. 2023

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“…También puede utilizarse niridazole (30 mg/kg/ día) o tiabendazol (25-50 mg/kg/día). 2,7,8 La prevención consiste principalmente en la utilización de calzado cerrado y autoexamen diario de los pies para detectar las lesiones incipientes. 1 …”

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Tungiasis. Presentación de un caso clínico

Hoon

Fernández²,

Buján³

et al. 2011

Arch Argent Pediat

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Presentación de casos clínicos RESUMENLa tungiasis es una parasitosis cutánea originaria de América causada por Tunga penetrans. Se caracteriza por lesiones papulares, negruzcas, únicas o múltiples, que suelen afectar los pies, principalmente en las zonas subungueales y periungueales. El diagnóstico de tungiasis se realiza por las características clí-nicas de las lesiones en un paciente proveniente de zonas endémicas. El tratamiento de elección es la extracción quirúrgica de la pulga y la aplicación de antibióticos tópicos. Presentamos un caso de tungiasis en una paciente de 10 años de edad con múltiples lesiones en ambos pies, que fue tratada satisfactoriamente con ivermectina y extracción quirúrgica. Palabras clave: Tunga penetrans, tungiasis, niños. SUMMARYTungiasis, is a cutaneous parasitosis, native of America caused by Tunga penetrans. Infestations usually presents with black papular lesions, either single or multiple, most of them localized on the feet, mainly in the subungual and periungual areas. Diagnosis of tungiasis is based on the characteristic aspect of the lesions in a patient coming from an endemic area. Surgical removal of the flea and application of a topical antibiotic is the standard treatment. We describe a case of a 10-years-old girl, with multiple lesions localized on feet, who was succesfully treated with ivermectin and surgical removal of lesions.

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Impact of Skin Diseases in Limited Resource Countries

Mphande

2020

Skin Disorders in Vulnerable Populations

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Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

Constraints faced by parasites during symbiosis – a review

Constraints faced by parasites during symbiosis – a review

Tungiasis. Presentación de un caso clínico

Impact of Skin Diseases in Limited Resource Countries

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