Association between footwear use and neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND The control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has primarily focused on preventive chemotherapy and case management. Less attention has been placed on the role of ensuring access to adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene and personal ...
A Alemu +90 more
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Cutaneous larva migrans on the scalp: atypical presentation of a common disease [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 Cutaneous larva migrans is a pruritic dermatitis due to the inoculation of helminths larvae in the skin, and it often occurs in children in tropical and subtropical areas.
Carolina Degen Meotti +6 more
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Would Ancylostoma caninum be one of the agents of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (D.U.S.N) in Brazil? [PDF]
, 2001 The autors present a confirmed case of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (D.U.S.N.) with identification of the worm in a 6-year-old child with symptoms of cutaneous larva migrans, as well as analysis of 7 other cases of D.U.S.N.
Casella, Antônio Marcelo Barbante +5 more
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Bilesional serpiginous cutaneous ectoparasitosis in a Greek grazier
IDCases, 2019 A Balkan case of paucilesional truncal autochthonous hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans contracted during winter in a cowman, successfully treated by 10% albendazole topical preparation.
I Dimitriadis
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North Italy: Welcome to the Tropics!
Infectious Disease Reports, 2021 We describe a case of cutaneous Larva Migrans in an 8-year-old Caucasian girl. The lesion appeared ten days after a bath in the river in a valley in the north-east of Piedmont. The patient was successfully treated with Albendazole 400 mg daily for 5 days.
Federica Veronese +6 more
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Creeping Bugs and Winding Rash-Series of Cutaneous Larva Migrans Cases from Southern Suburban Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Cutaneous Larva Migrans (CLM) is caused by penetration of skin by the third stage larvae of hookworms, and most commonly caused by Ancylostoma braziliense (dog hookworm). Humans act as dead-end hosts for this parasite.
SR Sree Shyamini +3 more
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A case of cutaneous larva migrans acquired from soiled toilet floors in urban Kuala Lumpur [PDF]
, 2008 Despite being a common skin dermatosis in the tropics, physicians in the tropics may miss the diagnosis of cutaneous larva migrans for other pruritic skin manifestation.
Othman, S, Robson, Noorzurani
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Cutaneous larva migrans in children: A case series from Southern India
Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2017 Cutaneous larva migrans or creeping eruptions is a parasitic skin infection caused by hookworm larva. It is common in warmer tropical and subtropical countries.
Indira Subhadarshini Paul +1 more
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Travel- and migration-associated epidermal parasitic skin diseases. A review
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Epidermal parasitic skin diseases are a family of parasitic diseases which occur globally or are frequent in special settings. Epidermal parasitic skin diseases occur in travelers and migrants, although epidemiology and/or clinical manifestations differ ...
Hermann Feldmeier
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A case report of cutaneous larva migrans in a Mexican population of high marginalization
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2014 The creeping verminous dermatitis or cutaneous larva migrans is a parasitosis caused by percutaneous penetration and migration of larval nematode parasites characterized by producing one or more serpiginous erythematous, indurated, raised and pruritic ...
Isaac Aguirre Maldonadoa +3 more
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