[Tungiasis].
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.
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Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Dermatologie, Utrecht.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005423:Siphonaptera
Tungiasis.