Tungiasis-related knowledge and treatment practices in two endemic communities in northeast Brazil | Zendy

Benedikt Winter | Zendy; Fabíola Araújo Oliveira | Zendy; Thomas Wilcke | Zendy; Jörg Heukelbach | Zendy; Hermann Feldmeier | Zendy

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Tungiasis-related knowledge and treatment practices in two endemic communities in northeast Brazil

Author(s) -

Benedikt Winter,

Fabíola Araújo Oliveira,

Thomas Wilcke,

Jörg Heukelbach,

Hermann Feldmeier

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.418

Subject(s) - endemic diseases , geography , socioeconomics , environmental protection , medicine , environmental health , sociology

Tungiasis, caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans, is highly prevalent in many resource-poor communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Studies on knowledge and treatment practices related to tungiasis in affected populations are virtually nonexistent. To fill this gap, we performed a study in two resource-poor communities in northeast Brazil where this parasitic skin disease is highly prevalent.

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