Infection with Tungiasis Through Interhost Movement of Adult Female Sand Fleas, Tunga Penetrans

Overview

Journal Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialties Public Health
Tropical Medicine

Date 2021 Aug 5

PMID 34352892

Citations 5

Authors

Lynne Elson

Marlene Thielecke

Ulrike Fillinger

Hermann Feldmeier

Affiliations

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