title: [Tungiasis].
abstract: Tungiasis is an inflammation of the skin caused by infestation of a fertilised female sand flea, Tunga penetrans. Two patients who contracted this skin disease in the tropics (Surinam and Kenya-Uganda) are described. Because of the increase of international travelling, import diseases are seen more often. If the disease is known, it is easy to diagnose and to treat tungiasis.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Dermatologie, Utrecht.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Bree
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: van Vloten
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005423:Siphonaptera
vernacular_title: Tungiasis.