2021
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.5851
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Tungiasis en el área urbana de Popayán, Colombia: reporte de caso

Abstract: La tungiasis es una ectoparasitosis endémica en Latinoamérica y está asociada a factores de riesgo como la ruralidad, la pobreza y la convivencia con animales. Popayán, una ciudad al suroccidente de Colombia, fue históricamente afectada por la tungiasis, tanto así que a sus habitantes los apodan “patojos” debido a la forma de caminar de sus habitantes infestados por la pulga. Hoy la enfermedad se creía eliminada.Se presenta el caso de un niño de 12 años procedente del área urbana de Popayán, que consultó por l… Show more

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“…In Brazil, cases were reported from Amazonas and Roraima States in the North of the country to Rio Grande do Sul State in the extreme South. Cases were also reported, in decreasing order of frequency, from Venezuela (34)(35)(36)(37)(38), Ecuador (39)(40)(41)(42), Argentina (43)(44)(45), Peru (46,47), Mexico (48,49), Paraguay (50), Barbados (32), Colombia (51,52), and Bolivia (53). In a study of international travelers who stayed one to three weeks at beaches near Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil, 3.2% of the travelers acquired tungiasis (26).…”
Section: Disease Occurrence and Spatial Distributionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Brazil, cases were reported from Amazonas and Roraima States in the North of the country to Rio Grande do Sul State in the extreme South. Cases were also reported, in decreasing order of frequency, from Venezuela (34)(35)(36)(37)(38), Ecuador (39)(40)(41)(42), Argentina (43)(44)(45), Peru (46,47), Mexico (48,49), Paraguay (50), Barbados (32), Colombia (51,52), and Bolivia (53). In a study of international travelers who stayed one to three weeks at beaches near Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil, 3.2% of the travelers acquired tungiasis (26).…”
Section: Disease Occurrence and Spatial Distributionmentioning
confidence: 99%