• J Travel Med · Jan 2024

    Beach volleyball and cutaneous larva Migrans.

    • Anna Kuna, Romuald Olszański, Agnieszka Wroczyńska, Beata Biernat, and Katarzyna Sikorska.
    • Department of Tropical and Parasitic Diseases, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.
    • J Travel Med. 2024 Jan 28; 31 (1).

    AbstractCutaneous larva migrans can affect even athletes who travelled to play beach volleyball in Zanzibar. We describe a cluster of CLM infections in travellers who contracted the disease during their trip to Africa, rather than bringing a volleyball trophy. Despite presenting typical changes, all of them were misdiagnosed.

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