Name - Tunga penetrans

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:57839 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Tunga penetrans (Linnaeus 1758)

• Tunga penetrans (L.)

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Recent Publications

• Efficacy of an oral formulation of afoxolaner and milbemycin oxime against Tunga penetrans in naturally infected dogs.
• Comment on Boyde et al. (2023), 'Fleas and lesions in armadillo osteoderms'.
• Infection with tungiasis through interhost movement of adult female sand fleas, Tunga penetrans.
• 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.
• New records of fleas and ticks (Siphonaptera and Ixodida) parasitizing wild mammals in Mossoro Municipality, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil.

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