Efficacy and safety of dimeticones in the treatment of epidermal parasitic skin diseases with special emphasis on tungiasis: an evidence-based critical review

Efficacy and safety of dimeticones in the treatment of epidermal parasitic skin diseases with special emphasis on tungiasis: an evidence-based critical review

Epidermal parasitic skin diseases encompass scabies, pediculosis, cutaneous larva migrans, myiasis, and tungiasis. Tungiasis is probably the most neglected of all Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD). It occurs in South America, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa and affects marginalized populations...

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Main Authors: Hollman Miller, Julián Trujillo-Trujillo, Francis Mutebi, Hermann Feldmeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tungiasis
Pediculosis treatment
Sand flea disease
Dimeticone
Indigenous populations
Indigenous populations diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867020300180

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