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Tunga penetrans - Wikipedia
Tunga penetrans is a species of flea also known as the jigger, jigger flea, chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea.
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DPDx - Tungiasis - CDC
Tunga penetrans (also known as chigoe flea, jigger, nigua, chica, pico, cique, or suthi) burrows under the skin of humans, unlike other fleas which are ...
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Tungiasis: Causes, Symptoms, Removal & Treatment
Tungiasis is a painful, itchy skin condition that occurs when female sand fleas burrow into your skin to feed as they lay their eggs.
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chigoe
chigoe (ˈtʃɪgəʊ) Also 7(?)–8 chego, 8 chiego, 8–9 chegoe, chigre, 9 chigua, chigo. Also chigger, chiger, jigger. [A West-Indian name: the F. form is chique, which Littré thinks identical with Sp. chico small; of this chigo might be a Negro corruption: evidence is wanting. Chigger, jigger, are corrup...
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Tungiasis - Wikipedia
Tungiasis is an inflammatory skin disease caused by infection with the female ectoparasitic Tunga penetrans, a flea also known as the chigoe, chigo, chigoe ...
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Chigoe Flea - PestWeb
This flea is found throughout most of the world. It is tropical in origin and may only be found in the southern U.S. as well as all of Latin America.
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Chigger (disambiguation)
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Chigger Hill, Alabama, an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States
Chig (disambiguation)
Chigoe
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CHIGOE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CHIGOE is a tropical flea (Tunga penetrans) of which the fertile female causes great discomfort by burrowing under the skin.
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Tungiasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Tungiasis is commonly known as pulga de areia, niguá, pique, bicho do pé, bichodo porco or jatecuba, jigger, sand flea or chigoe. It causes ...
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Tungiasis - DermNet
Tungiasis is a skin infestation with the burrowing flea Tunga penetrans or related species. The flea has many common names including, chigoe flea, jigger, nigua ...
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Jigger Flea (Tunga penetrans) - iNaturalist
Tunga penetrans (chigoe flea or jigger) is a parasitic insect found in most tropical and sub-tropical climates. It is native to Central and South America.
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Tungiasis: Background, Patient Education, Etiology
The flea has many common names, being known in various locations as the chigger flea, sand flea, chigoe, jigger, nigua, pigue, or le bicho de pe ...
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chiger
chigger, † chiger var. (a) chigoe; (b) jigger n.2 2.1756 Chiger [see chigoe]. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 46 In the West Indies the juice of Mammea is employed to destroy the chiggers.1915 U.S. Dept. Agric., Farmer's Bulletin 671 Harvest mites, or chiggers. 1956 New Biol. XXI. 74 In the British Isl...
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Jigger
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Jigger (nickname), a list of people
Jigger, a person who engages in jigging, i.e. fishing with a jig lure
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Tunga penetrans or chigoe
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Can Fleas Live in Human Hair? Beware of This Particular Species - Gavoot
Based on this article, the answer is yes. It is possible for fleas to live in human hair when people do not keep their hair clean. There is one kind of fleas that can live in human hair and it is called human fleas (Pulex irritans). While there is also a kind of flea called chigoe bugs that attacks human feet.
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