tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post8938186771455537421..comments2024-03-26T16:04:11.096-05:00Comments on Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Case of the Week 668ParasiteGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-3874328577668807512022-01-11T02:26:27.532-06:002022-01-11T02:26:27.532-06:00Quite surely is Tunga penetrans. I am asking mysel...Quite surely is Tunga penetrans. I am asking myself if there are two specimens in this histologic picture. As I wrote earlier, until now, only T. penetrans and T. trimamillata have been found parasitizing humans and domestic animals.<br />T. penetrans is largely present in Latin America (including the Caribbean islands), and in sub-Saharan Africa, while T. trimamillata is known from Equator, Peru and Brazil (Pampiglione et al. 2004, 2009; Linardi et al. 2013).Kosta Mumcuogluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353490839019489225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-27230620879975816162022-01-10T19:51:39.929-06:002022-01-10T19:51:39.929-06:00The geography and infection site do point in the d...The geography and infection site do point in the direction of a vicious chica. I believe seeing the cuticle, several developing eggs on the left half, and the gut parts on the right.<br />Florida FanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-34120565916098920162022-01-10T18:58:21.120-06:002022-01-10T18:58:21.120-06:00'foot' lesion?...'digit-al'....sor...'foot' lesion?...'digit-al'....sorry if my joke is a little Tunga cheek!Blaine A. Mathisonnoreply@blogger.com