KEGG DISEASE: Tungiasis

KEGG

DISEASE: Tungiasis

Entry

H01179                      Disease

Name

Tungiasis;
Chigoe flea

Description

Tungiasis is a tropical ectoparasitosis caused by the permanent penetration of the female flea Tunga penetrans into the skin of its host. It is prevalent where people live in extreme poverty, occurring in many Latin American and African countries. The contamination occurs when walking barefoot in the sand.

Category

Parasitic infectious disease

Brite

Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Parasitic diseases
   Infestations by ectoparasites
    1G05  Tungiasis
     H01179  Tungiasis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (animals)
  Infections caused by arthropods
   H01179  Tungiasis

Pathogen

Tunga penetrans

Comment

Another species, Tunga trimamillata, recently described in Ecuador and Peru, can parasite humans.

Other DBs

ICD-11:

MeSH:

Reference

Authors

Lefebvre M, Capito C, Durant C, Hervier B, Grossi O

Title

Tungiasis: a poorly documented tropical dermatosis.

Journal

Med Mal Infect 41:465-8 (2011)
DOI:10.1016/j.medmal.2011.05.007

Reference

Authors

Heukelbach J, de Oliveira FA, Hesse G, Feldmeier H

Title

Tungiasis: a neglected health problem of poor communities.

Journal

Trop Med Int Health 6:267-72 (2001)
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00716.x

Reference

Authors

Heukelbach J

Title

Tungiasis.

Journal

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 47:307-13 (2005)
DOI:10.1590/s0036-46652005000600001

Reference

Authors

Cestari TF, Pessato S, Ramos-e-Silva M

Title

Tungiasis and myiasis.

Journal

Clin Dermatol 25:158-64 (2007)
DOI:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2006.05.004

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