Tags

Type your tag names separated by a space and hit enter

Stowaways with wings: two case reports on high-flying insects.
Dermatol Online J. 2003 Aug; 9(3):10.DO

Abstract

More people than ever before are traversing continents, either for business purposes or on holiday. Because 3-10 percent of these travelers experience skin, hair, or nail disorders related to these trips there is an increasing likelihood that Western physicians will be expected to treat exotic conditions imported from different countries. Tungiasis and furunculoid myiasis are two typical disorders of intertropical regions. They represent nuisances induced by the presence of arthropod larvae or eggs in the skin. We describe a case of tungiasis, caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans (TP), and a case of myiasis, caused by Dermatobia hominis (DH), and briefly discuss the epidemiology, biologic life cycles, vectors, reservoirs, and clinical presentations of these parasites.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Wolf R
Dermatology Unit, Kaplan Medical Center, Rechovot, Israel. wolf_r@netvision.net.il
Orion E
No affiliation info available
Matz H
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultAnimalsDipteraEctoparasitic InfestationsFemaleHumansLife Cycle StagesMaleMyiasisSiphonapteraTravel

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

12952757

Citation

Wolf, Ronni, et al. "Stowaways With Wings: Two Case Reports On High-flying Insects." Dermatology Online Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, 2003, p. 10.
Wolf R, Orion E, Matz H. Stowaways with wings: two case reports on high-flying insects. Dermatol Online J. 2003;9(3):10.
Wolf, R., Orion, E., & Matz, H. (2003). Stowaways with wings: two case reports on high-flying insects. Dermatology Online Journal, 9(3), 10.
Wolf R, Orion E, Matz H. Stowaways With Wings: Two Case Reports On High-flying Insects. Dermatol Online J. 2003;9(3):10. PubMed PMID: 12952757.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - JOUR T1 - Stowaways with wings: two case reports on high-flying insects. AU - Wolf,Ronni, AU - Orion,Edith, AU - Matz,Hagit, PY - 2003/9/4/pubmed PY - 2003/10/8/medline PY - 2003/9/4/entrez SP - 10 EP - 10 JF - Dermatology online journal JO - Dermatol Online J VL - 9 IS - 3 N2 - More people than ever before are traversing continents, either for business purposes or on holiday. Because 3-10 percent of these travelers experience skin, hair, or nail disorders related to these trips there is an increasing likelihood that Western physicians will be expected to treat exotic conditions imported from different countries. Tungiasis and furunculoid myiasis are two typical disorders of intertropical regions. They represent nuisances induced by the presence of arthropod larvae or eggs in the skin. We describe a case of tungiasis, caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans (TP), and a case of myiasis, caused by Dermatobia hominis (DH), and briefly discuss the epidemiology, biologic life cycles, vectors, reservoirs, and clinical presentations of these parasites. SN - 1087-2108 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/12952757/Stowaways_with_wings:_two_case_reports_on_high_flying_insects_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -