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Rev. argent. dermatol ; 100(4): 31-40, dic. 2019. graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1092393

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RESUMEN Latungiasisesuna ectoparasitosistransitoria en el ser humano, que se produce a causa de la penetración en la piel de la hembra grávida de la "pulga de arena", Tunga penetrans. También es conocida como "nigua", "bichodopé", "sandflea",entre otras denominaciones. Es una enfermedad endémica en áreas rurales y playas de Centro y Sudamérica, Caribe y África Subsahariana. En Argentina se la encuentra en zonas del Noreste y Mesopotamia. Debido al incremento de los destinos vacacionales a dichas regiones tropicales, comenzaron a observarse casos de tungiasis fuera de las áreas endémicas (casos importados). Comunicamos el caso de una niña argentina, que vacacionó en las playas caribeñas y adquirió la infestación por Tunga penetrans, la cual evolucionó de manera llamativa, manifestando un fenómeno isotópico.


SUMMARY 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.

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