TY - JOUR
T1 - Cutaneous Larva Migrans
AU - Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
AU - González-Leal, Natalia
AU - Montes-Montoya, Maria Camila
AU - Fernández-Espíndola, Lorena
AU - Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine
AU - Azeñas- Burgoa, José María
AU - de Medina, Juan Carlos Diez
AU - Rotela-Fisch, Verónica
AU - Bermudez-Calderon, Melany
AU - Arteaga-Livias, Kovy
AU - Larsen, Fredrikke Dam
AU - Suárez, José A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Purpose of Review: In this review, we summarized information regarding a neglected parasitic infection by zoonotic helminths that cause the cutaneous larva migrans, especially A. braziliense, A. caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala, among other associated or potentially linked to cutaneous larva migrans (CLM), a paratenic infection. Recent Findings: Although there has been an increase in the number of publications on CLM over the last decades, this is still a neglected condition among tropical diseases, with not more than 350 papers per year combined in databases such as PubMed. Although the disease is considered a limited dermatosis, systemic invasion with Löeffler’s syndrome have been exceptionally described. Summary: CLM affects mainly the feet, but any part of the body in contact with contaminated soil or sand can be involved, becoming especially a common problem for tourists on beach holidays where they walk on bare feet or lie on infested sand.
AB - Purpose of Review: In this review, we summarized information regarding a neglected parasitic infection by zoonotic helminths that cause the cutaneous larva migrans, especially A. braziliense, A. caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala, among other associated or potentially linked to cutaneous larva migrans (CLM), a paratenic infection. Recent Findings: Although there has been an increase in the number of publications on CLM over the last decades, this is still a neglected condition among tropical diseases, with not more than 350 papers per year combined in databases such as PubMed. Although the disease is considered a limited dermatosis, systemic invasion with Löeffler’s syndrome have been exceptionally described. Summary: CLM affects mainly the feet, but any part of the body in contact with contaminated soil or sand can be involved, becoming especially a common problem for tourists on beach holidays where they walk on bare feet or lie on infested sand.
KW - Ancylostoma
KW - Cutaneous
KW - Larva
KW - Migrans
KW - Skin
KW - Travel medicine
KW - Zoonotic
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U2 - 10.1007/s40475-021-00239-0
DO - 10.1007/s40475-021-00239-0
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85103611625
SN - 2196-3045
VL - 8
SP - 190
EP - 203
JO - Current Tropical Medicine Reports
JF - Current Tropical Medicine Reports
IS - 3
ER -