Demographic and clinical characteristic of the study population.

atotal number of viable, dead and manipulated lesions; only individuals with tungiasis.btotal number of viable, dead and manipulated lesions.cthe patient or a caretaker had attempted to take out the embedded sand flea; in percent of total lesions.dseverity score for acute tungiasis (see material and methods).eseverity score for chronic tungiasis (see material and methods).