Volume 17, Number 5—May 2011

Historical Review

Evidence of Tungiasis in Pre-Hispanic America

Vicente Maco , Manuel Tantaleán, and Eduardo Gotuzzo

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

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Figure 2. Chimu culture huaco depicting a person extracting parasites with an awl from the sole of the left foot. Multiple holes of various sizes can be seen on the huaco.

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