ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2023
Prevalence and Infection Intensity of Human and Animal Tungiasis in Napak District, Karamoja, Northeastern Uganda.
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- Prevalence and risk factors for tungiasis in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Estimation of the global burden of tungiasis in endemic countries using a disability adjusted life-years modelling approach.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
- Individual and household factors associated with tungiasis in a marginalized population in Karamoja, northeastern Uganda.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- Beyond poverty, tungiasis is associated with family characteristics and parenting behavior: a case control study in Kenya.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Magnitude and Associated Factors of Podoconiosis and its Comorbidity With Tungiasis Among Residents in Southwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of tropical medicine · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Tungiasis Among Selected Regions of Ethiopia: A Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2025Review
- Reduction of tungiasis prevalence, intensity, and morbidity during a two-year long community-based tungiasis control project in a hyperendemic region in Karamoja, Uganda.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Dynamics of Tunga penetrans infections and severity of associated morbidity among pigs during the dry season in rural Uganda.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Podoconiosis in Uganda: prevalence, geographical distribution and risk factors.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2024Article
- Treatment-seeking behaviours of patients with tungiasis in endemic areas of Homa Bay County, Kenya: a mixed-methods study.Tropical medicine and health · 2024Article
- Tungiasis among children in Kenya is associated with poor nutrition status, absenteeism, poor school performance and high impact on quality of life.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Identification of tungiasis infection hotspots with a low-cost, high-throughput method for extracting Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera) off-host stages from soil samples-An observational study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Observational
- Efficacy of an oral formulation of afoxolaner and milbemycin oxime against Tunga penetrans in naturally infected dogs.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
- Tungiasis: Participation of Cats and Chickens in the Dispersion and Maintenance of the Disease in an Endemic Tourist Area in Brazil.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- National prevalence and risk factors for tungiasis in Kenya.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2023Article
- High Level of Knowledge about Tungiasis but Little Translation into Control Practices in Karamoja, Northeastern Uganda.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Tungiasis Stigma and Control Practices in a Hyperendemic Region in Northeastern Uganda.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
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Abstract
Tungiasis is an important but highly neglected cause of morbidity in resource-poor communities in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. Data upon which implementation of control measures can be based are scarce. Before piloting an integrated tungiasis control program in three parishes of Napak district, Uganda, a cross-sectional survey involving the systematic examination of humans and domestic mammals was implemented to establish the occurrence patterns of tungiasis. The study population was 5482 residents, of which 4035 (73.6%) participated in the study. The prevalence of tungiasis in humans was 62.8% (95% CI: 61.3-64.3%), with slightly more males than females affected (
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