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A qualitative case study of community experiences with Tungiasis in high prevalence villages of Bungoma County, Kenya: “The whole body aches and the jiggers are torturing me!”

Walle Mørkve, Åse; Jackline, Sitienei; Van den Bergh, Graziella (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

Introduction Tungiasis is a painful skin infection caused by a flea called Tunga Penetrans/jiggers, which enters the epidermis of humans and animals. If untreated it may result in bacterial infection, sepsis, necrosis, and ...