Tungiasis in recently arrived African refugees

Ashwin Swaminathan; Iain B Gosbell; Nicholas A. Zwar; Mark W. Douglas

Tungiasis in recently arrived African refugees

Ashwin Swaminathan, Iain B Gosbell, Nicholas A. Zwar, Mark W. Douglas

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Abstract

Infestation with the sandflea Tunga penetrans, or "chigoe flea", is rarely encountered inAustralia, but has been noted inchildren recently arrivedfrom Central-East Africa. There have been only two previous Australian case reports of this parasitic infection, both inadult travellers returning from Africa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	51-51
Number of pages	1
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	183
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2005

Keywords

ectoparasitic infestations
foot diseases

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Tungiasis in recently arrived African refugees

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