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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2026

A Randomised, Parallel-Group Study to Compare the Efficacy of 3% Phenothrin-Containing Jigger Lotion Versus Potassium Permanganate for Treatment of Tungiasis in Vihiga County, Kenya.

Kana Suzuki, Asiko Ongaya, Evans Amukoye, Yasuhiko Kamiya

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kana SuzukiInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.ORCID 0009-0008-2930-5365
Asiko OngayaKenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi 54840 00200, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0003-3656-875X
Evans AmukoyeKenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi 54840 00200, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0003-0683-0585
Yasuhiko KamiyaSchool of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7190-1082

Funding

SARAYA Ltd. Japan NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tungiasis, caused by the sand flea

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3% phenothrin lotionKenyapotassium permanganaterandomised controlled trialresource-limited settingtopical treatmenttungiasis

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PMID41746017
PMCPMC12944936

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