Infections associated with migratory skin lesions

Infection	Geographic distribution	Comments
Cutaneous larva migrans	Worldwide	Creeping eruption
Dracunculiasis	Focal in sub-Saharan Africa	Movement of worm just before eruption
Fascioliasis	Worldwide in areas where sheep and cattle are raised	Migratory areas of inflammation
Gnathostomiasis	Most common in Asia but also found in other areas	Migratory inflammatory subcutaneous swellings; urticaria
Hookworm	Worldwide; most common in tropical, subtropical areas with poor sanitation	Itchy tracts at points of penetration of larvae through skin
Loiasis	Central and western Africa	Migratory inflammatory swellings
Paragonimiasis	Most common in east and southeast Asia, Africa	Migratory swelling or subcutaneous nodules
Sparganosis	Parasite found on all continents; most human cases from southeast Asia	Edematous, painful migratory swellings
Strongyloidiasis	Most common in tropical, subtropical areas	Itchy, papular and migratory serpiginous lesions (larva currens)

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