Tunga penetrans in south Florida.
We have described a 25-year-old man with infestation of the feet by the burrowing flea Tunga penetrans, acquired in Brazil. We have also presented the microscopic characteristics of the flea and the histologic differential diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000166:cytology