Volume 9, Number 8—August 2003

Research

Severe Tungiasis in Underprivileged Communities: Case Series from Brazil

Hermann Feldmeier* , Margit Eisele*, Rômulo César Sabóia-Moura†, and Jörg Heukelbach†

Author affiliations: *Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany; †Mandacaru Foundation, Fortaleza, Brazil

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Figure 5

Figure 5. Fourth toe of a 50-year-old women. The nail is lifted up by a lesion. An abcess has formed near the nail wall, and the toe is distorted because of intense edema.

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