»	Where and how does one acquire cutaneous parasitic diseases?
»	What is “creeping eruption”?
»	How do you treat creeping eruption?
»	What is different about larva currens?
»	Are there other nematode infestations that cause skin disease?
»	How do filarial infections differ from other nematode infections?
»	Where is onchocerciasis most prevalent? How is it transmitted?
»	Does river blindness cause cutaneous manifestations?
»	What are some of the problems with onchocerciasis treatment?
»	What is loiasis?
»	What causes elephantiasis?
»	Can other filarial diseases affect the skin?
»	What is myiasis?
»	What is a warble?
»	What is Congo floor maggot?
»	What is tungiasis?
»	What is the difference between a chigoe and a chigger?
»	Do chiggers burrow into the skin to lay eggs like the sand flea?
»	What is leishmaniasis?
»	Name the different types of leishmaniasis.
»	Can leishmaniasis be contracted in the United States?
»	How does cutaneous amebiasis, due to Entamoeba histolytica, present?
»	What are the skin findings in American trypanosomiasis?
»	What are the skin findings in African trypanosomiasis?
»	Describe the cutaneous manifestations of schistosomiasis as they relate to the parasite’s life cycle.
»	Are swimmer’s itch and sea bather’s eruption the same thing?
»	What is sparganosis?
»	Can other tapeworms affect the skin?
»	What is Demodex?
»	Does Demodex cause skin disease?
»	What are morgellons?

Name the different types of leishmaniasis.

See Table 33-2.

Table 33-2. Types of Leishmaniasis
	SPECIES	DISEASE	DISTRIBUTION
	L. donovani group	Visceral leishmaniasis, kala-azar	India, Asia, Middle East, Africa
	L. tropica group	Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis, oriental sore, newly discovered viscerotropic disease	India, Middle East
	L. viannia group (L. braziliensis group)	New World mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, espundia	Latin America
	L. mexicana group	American cutaneous leishmaniasis	Mexico, Central America, Texas, South America