Tunga penetrans in south Florida

South Med J. 1983 Dec;76(12):1558-60. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198312000-00025.

Abstract

We have described a 25-year-old man with infestation of the feet by the burrowing flea Tunga penetrans, acquired in Brazil. We have also presented the microscopic characteristics of the flea and the histologic differential diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ectoparasitic Infestations / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Florida
  • Foot Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Siphonaptera* / cytology