Browsing Medical Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Skin--Diseases"
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Prevalence and associated risk factors of tungiasis in Chipata and Vubwi districts of eastern Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Tungiasis, also commonly known as jiggers, is a zoonotic ectoparasitosis caused by the permanent penetration of the epidermis by a gravid female sand flea Tunga penetrans in the skin of a host. The skin disease is known ...