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[Cutaneous larva migrans in children in a school of center-western Brazil]
F R Araújo1, C P Araújo, M R Werneck
1Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Agrárias e da Saúde, Universidade para o Desenvolvimento do Estado e da Região do Pantanal, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil.
Revista De Saude Publica
|April 19, 2000
Abstract:
This paper reports an outbreak of cutaneous larva migrans in children of a school located in Campo Grande, MS. Six out of the 16 students (37.5%) acquired this parasitic dermatitis in two playgrounds contaminated by cat feces, in which ancylostomid larvae were found. The serpiginous lesions and/or papules were located in the hands, feet, buttocks, thighs, vulva and scrotum. Control measures of this parasitosis are discussed.