AFRO-NETS> RFI: Tungiasis (aka, Jiggers, Chigoes or Pig Fleas) [2]

[Jo Lines <Jo.Lines@lshtm.ac.uk>]

RFI: Tungiasis (aka, Jiggers, Chigoes or Pig Fleas) [2]
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Kim Baldwin Radford asks a wonderful and interesting set of questions 
about Tunga penetrans.

The good news is that there's a recent review about Tunga:

Heukelbach J, de Oliveira FAS, Hesse G, Feldmeier H.:
Tungiasis: a neglected health problem of poor communities.
Tropical Medicine & International Health 6(4): 267-272 Apr. 2001.

The bad news is that according to this review, there no good answers 
to any of your questions! It seems that there are promising candi-
dates for systemic treatment, but they have never been properly 
evaluated. Decent research is badly needed on this and all the other 
issues that you raise. 

Jo Lines
mailto:Jo.Lines@lshtm.ac.uk

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