ReviewParasitology research2014
Neosomes of tungid fleas on wild and domestic animals.
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- Successful Treatment of Severe Tungiasis in Pigs Using a Topical Aerosol Containing Chlorfenvinphos, Dichlorphos and Gentian Violet.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Trial
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- First report of Tunga trimamillata infection in a dog.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Dynamics of Tunga penetrans infections and severity of associated morbidity among pigs during the dry season in rural Uganda.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Myth or truth: investigation of the jumping ability of Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera: Tungidae).Journal of medical entomology · 2024Article
- High Level of Knowledge about Tungiasis but Little Translation into Control Practices in Karamoja, Northeastern Uganda.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Fleas and lesions in armadillo osteoderms.Journal of anatomy · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Infection Intensity of Human and Animal Tungiasis in Napak District, Karamoja, Northeastern Uganda.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Current status of the knowledge on the epidemiology of tungiasis in the Americas.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2022Article
- Clinical implications and treatment options of tungiasis in domestic animals.Parasitology research · 2021Review
- Risk factors for scabies, tungiasis, and tinea infections among schoolchildren in southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional Bayesian multilevel model.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
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- Clinical and macroscopic morphological features of canine tungiasis.Parasitology research · 2021Article
- Assessment of the role played by domestic animals in jigger infection in Kandara sub-county, Kenya (case control study).The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Fleas of black rats (PeerJ · 2019Article
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- High intensity of Tunga penetrans infection causing severe disease among pigs in Busoga, South Eastern Uganda.BMC veterinary research · 2017Article
- Two Severe Cases of Tungiasis in Goat Kids in Uganda.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2016Article
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Abstract
Tunga is the most specialized genus among the Siphonaptera because adult females penetrate into the skin of their hosts and, after mating and fertilization, undergo hypertrophy, forming an enlarged structure known as the neosome. In humans and other warm-blooded animals, neosomes cause tungiasis, which arises due to the action of opportunistic agents. Although its effects on humans and domestic animals are well described in the literature, little is known about the impact of tungiasis on wild animals. This review focuses on the morphology, taxonomy, geographical distribution, hosts, prevalence, sites of attachment, and impact of tungid neosomes on wild and domestic animals. Because neosomes are the most characteristic form of the genus Tunga and also the form most frequently found in hosts, they are here differentiated and illustrated to aid in the identification of the 13 currently known species. Perspectives for future studies regarding the possibility of discovering other sand flea species, adaptation to new hosts, and the transfer of tungids between hosts in natural and modified habitats are also presented.
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