Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU Nantes, 1 place Alexis-Ricordeau, Nantes cedex 1, France.
Med Mal Infect. 2011 Sep;41(9):465-8. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2011.05.007. Epub 2011 Jun 23.
Tungiasis is the parasitic skin disease caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans, also called the jigger flea, found in most intertropical countries. The contamination occurs when walking barefoot in the sand: adult females actively burrow the foot epidermis leading to self-limited lesions responsible for itching or pain. The diagnosis is made on clinical observation and history of travelling to an endemic country. The simple treatment is surgical extraction of the flea.
疥疮是由沙蚤（又称壁虱）引起的寄生虫病，这种沙蚤寄生在热带国家的沙中。当人们赤脚走在沙中时就会感染这种病：成年雌性沙蚤主动钻入脚部表皮，导致出现可自行愈合的瘙痒或疼痛性皮损。该病可根据患者的旅行史和临床观察进行诊断。简单的治疗方法是手术取出沙蚤。
