![]() ![]() Tungiasis in domestic animals can be responsible for economic losses resulting from flea-induced lesions and secondary infections. The importance of Tunga infection in humans concerns its frequent localization in the foot, which sometimes causes very serious difficulty in walking, thereby reducing the subject's ability to work and necessitating medical and surgical intervention. ![]() Males and non-fertilized females of Tunga are haematophagous ectoparasites pregnant females penetrate the skin where, following dilatation of the abdomen, they increase enormously in size (neosomy) and cause inflammatory and ulcerative processes of varying severity. The second species has been reported only in Ecuador and Peru. Hundreds of millions of people are at risk of infection in more than 70 nations, mostly in developing countries. trimamillata originated from Latin America, although the first species is also found in sub-Saharan Africa (between 20° N and 25° S). Two species, Tunga penetrans (L.) and Tunga trimamillata, out of 10 described to date, are known to affect man or domestic animals the other eight are exclusive to a few species of wild mammals. Tungiasis is a parasitic disease of humans and animals caused by fleas (Siphonaptera) belonging to the genus Tunga. ![]()
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