TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF TUNGIASIS IN ETHIOPIA

NAIR S.P.¹, TSEHAYNEH K.², LEMMA Z.T.³, KASSIM M.⁴, RAMASWAMY V.^5
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
²Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
³Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
⁴Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
⁵International Centre for Intellectual Training and Empowerment (INCITE), Sri Rams, Trivandrum- 695 582, Kerala, India.

Received : 27-02-2013     Accepted : 15-07-2013     Published : 06-08-2013
Volume : 1     Issue : 1       Pages : 7 - 9
World Res J Med Sci 1.1 (2013):7-9

Parasitic disease Tungiasis is a skin infection of Tunga penetrans occurs in mammals including human, frequently found in pets and pig, In this article, we have studied prevalence of Tungiasis in Ethiopian city Jimma and Wolaita Soddo, During the study subjected animals were, examined clinically, the collected data is analyzed using SPSS at confidence level of 95%. In result we found the much higher prevalence of Tungiasis in Sheep as compared to goat. The risk of Tungiasis infection in human is very high where human come in close contact with pets including household dogs.