Tungiasis—A Neglected Disease with Many Challenges for Global Public Health
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1 Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, 2 Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, 3 Department of Zoology, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Illorin, Nigeria, 4 Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology, Kampala, Uganda, 5 World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 6 Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, 7 Skaraborg Institute for Research and Development, Skövde, Sweden
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