Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Santos, RP
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Resende, C, Duarte, ML, Brito, C
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/1250
Resumo: Tungiasis is a cutaneous parasitosis caused by infestation of the skin by gravid fleas of the genus Tunga, mainly Tunga penetrans. This flea is very common in tropical and subtropical regions of the globe, but not in Europe. The infestation is acquired by walking barefoot or lying in places where the flea is present, usually beaches or sandy soils. We report two unrelated cases of imported tungiasis in Portugal that presented to our clinic in the same week. We draw attention to one of the most common dermatological diseases in travelers returning from tropical countries, the diagnosis of which is primarily clinical but nonetheless is largely unfamiliar to clinicians attending those patients.
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spelling Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from PortugalTungíaseDoenças do PéTungiasis is a cutaneous parasitosis caused by infestation of the skin by gravid fleas of the genus Tunga, mainly Tunga penetrans. This flea is very common in tropical and subtropical regions of the globe, but not in Europe. The infestation is acquired by walking barefoot or lying in places where the flea is present, usually beaches or sandy soils. We report two unrelated cases of imported tungiasis in Portugal that presented to our clinic in the same week. We draw attention to one of the most common dermatological diseases in travelers returning from tropical countries, the diagnosis of which is primarily clinical but nonetheless is largely unfamiliar to clinicians attending those patients.Repositório Científico do Hospital de BragaSantos, RPResende, CDuarte, MLBrito, C2018-02-16T15:44:16Z2017-12-01T00:00:00Z2017-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/1250engActa Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2017 Dec;26(4):115-117.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-09-21T09:03:09Zoai:repositorio.hospitaldebraga.pt:10400.23/1250Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:55:47.284297Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from Portugal
title Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from Portugal
spellingShingle Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from Portugal
Santos, RP
Tungíase
Doenças do Pé
title_short Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from Portugal
title_full Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from Portugal
title_fullStr Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from Portugal
title_sort Tungiasis: a poorly-known diagnosis in Europe. Two paradigmatic cases from Portugal
author Santos, RP
author_facet Santos, RP
Resende, C
Duarte, ML
Brito, C
author_role author
author2 Resende, C
Duarte, ML
Brito, C
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Hospital de Braga
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos, RP
Resende, C
Duarte, ML
Brito, C
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Tungíase
Doenças do Pé
topic Tungíase
Doenças do Pé
description Tungiasis is a cutaneous parasitosis caused by infestation of the skin by gravid fleas of the genus Tunga, mainly Tunga penetrans. This flea is very common in tropical and subtropical regions of the globe, but not in Europe. The infestation is acquired by walking barefoot or lying in places where the flea is present, usually beaches or sandy soils. We report two unrelated cases of imported tungiasis in Portugal that presented to our clinic in the same week. We draw attention to one of the most common dermatological diseases in travelers returning from tropical countries, the diagnosis of which is primarily clinical but nonetheless is largely unfamiliar to clinicians attending those patients.
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