A tourist with tungiasis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 14 Aug 2007 English Publisher:CMA Joule Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 177, pages 343-344 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

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Authors: Alexander K C, Leung; Tom, Woo; William Lane M, Robson; Martin J, Trotter;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.061246

pmid: 17698821

pmc: PMC1942109

A tourist with tungiasis

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Abstract

A 35-year-old man presented with a slightly painful papule with a central dark spot on his right heel ([Figure 1][1]). It had developed 2 weeks before his return to Canada after a 3-month vacation in Ecuador. The lesion was typical of tungiasis, which is endemic to Ecuador. A skin biopsy revealed

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University of Calgary
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Keywords

Adult, Foot Diseases, Male, Travel, Insecta, Animals, Humans, Siphonaptera, Ectoparasitic Infestations, Trombiculidae

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