Mutebi Francis, Krücken Jürgen, Mencke Norbert, Feldmeier Hermann, von Samson-Himmelstjerna Georg, Waiswa Charles
College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda (
Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag Street 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany (
J Insect Sci. 2016 Mar 24;16(1). doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iew016. Print 2016.
Tungiasis ensues from the penetration and burrowing of female sand fleas (Tunga spp.; Siphonaptera: Tungidae) in the skin of mammals. There are few case reports of severe tungiasis in goats and in these cases the Tunga species were not in most cases clearly identified. Two cases of severe tungiasis caused by Tunga penetrans in goat kids from tungiasis-endemic rural Uganda are reported. These are the first severe cases of tungiasis in goats reported from outside South America.
潜蚤病是由雌性沙蚤（穿皮潜蚤属；蚤目：潜蚤科）钻入哺乳动物皮肤并在其中打洞所致。关于山羊严重潜蚤病的病例报告很少，而且在大多数情况下，这些病例中的穿皮潜蚤种类并未得到明确鉴定。本文报告了乌干达农村潜蚤病流行地区两只山羊幼崽因穿皮潜蚤感染导致严重潜蚤病的病例。这是南美洲以外地区首次报告的山羊严重潜蚤病病例。
