Open AccessA Study in a Community in Brazil in Which Cutaneous Larva Migrans Is Endemic
Author(s) -
Anne Jackson,
Jörg Heukelbach,
Cláudia Maria Lins Calheiros,
Valquíria de Lima Soares,
Gundel Harms,
Hermann Feldmeier
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/505221
Subject(s) - cutaneous larva migrans , medicine , itching , infestation , buttocks , larva migrans , rural community , dermatology , helminthiasis , veterinary medicine , pediatrics , surgery , demography , pathology , biology , botany , sociology
Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a common but neglected parasitic skin disease in impoverished communities of the developing world.
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