Tokelau (Dermatophytose imbriquée) – Table des matières
Geographical Distribution
- Tokelau refers to 3 atolls lying midway between Hawaii (Hawai) and New Zealand around 300Km to the North of Samoa. The population is around 1500 for a 12 sq. Km. surface. The isolation combined with the high humidity and density might explain in part the propensity of having this fungal infection.
- The condition is endemic in the following countries:
- Brazil (purú-borá Indians)
- China (South)
- Colombia
- Guatemala
- India (South)
- Islands in the Pacific Ocean (Melanesia and Polynesia):
- Fiji Islands (Tamana, Lav group)
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Tokelau
- Malaysian Archipelago (Borneo…)
- Mexico
- Panama
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
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