Abstract

FERREYRA, V et al. TUNGIASIS WITH UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT.ISOTOPIC PHENOMENONCASE REPORT. Rev. argent. dermatol. [online]. 2019, vol.100, n.4, pp.31-40. ISSN 1851-300X.

Tungiasis is a transitory ectoparasitosis caused by penetration into the skin of the female flea Tungapenetrans, also known as “nigua”, “bichodo pé”, or “sand flea”.

It’s an endemic disease that can be found at rural zones, Caribbean beaches and Sub-Saharan Africa. In Argentina, it’s distributed in the northeastand Mesopotamia.

Because of the increasement of holiday destinations, in these tropical regions, cases of tungiasis were reported outside the endemic areas. People who went to those zones, carried the disease to their birthplaces (imported Infestations).

We report the case of a little Argentinian girl who went to a Caribbean beach and acquired the infestation by tungapenetrans, which made its develop in a striking way; showing an isotopic phenomenon.

Keywords : tungiasis; Tungapenetrans; endemic; imported infestations; isotopic phenomenon.

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