title: Tunga penetrans acquired while traveling in Africa.
abstract: Three cases of tungiasis acquired in the course of travel are briefly described, and the biology of the jigger flea, Tunga penetrans, is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Diagnostic Parasitology (Morphology), BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia and University of British Columbia, Division of Medical Microbiology, Vancouver, British Columbia.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Proctor