title: Two Severe Cases of Tungiasis in Goat Kids in Uganda.
abstract: Tungiasis ensues from the penetration and burrowing of female sand fleas (Tunga spp.; Siphonaptera: Tungidae) in the skin of mammals. There are few case reports of severe tungiasis in goats and in these cases the Tunga species were not in most cases clearly identified. Two cases of severe tungiasis caused by Tunga penetrans in goat kids from tungiasis-endemic rural Uganda are reported. These are the first severe cases of tungiasis in goats reported from outside South America.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda (francmutebi10@gmail.com; cwaiswa@covab.mak.ac.ug), francmutebi10@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mutebi
authors.affiliation: Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag Street 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany (juergen.kruecken@fu-berlin.de; samson.georg@fu-berlin.de).
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krücken
authors.affiliation: Bayer Animal Health, 51368 Leverkusen, Germany (norbert.mencke@bayer.com), and.
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mencke
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany (Feldmeier.FUBerlin@t-online.de).
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feldmeier
authors.affiliation: Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag Street 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany (juergen.kruecken@fu-berlin.de; samson.georg@fu-berlin.de).
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Samson-Himmelstjerna
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda (francmutebi10@gmail.com; cwaiswa@covab.mak.ac.ug).
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waiswa
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006041:Goats / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D058253:Tunga; D058285:Tungiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Tunga penetrans; Uganda; clinical presentation; goat