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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. It is a parasitic insect found in most tropical and sub-tropical climates. In its parasitic phase it has significant impact on its hosts, which include humans and certain other mammalian species.
Tungiasis is an inflammatory skin disease caused by infection with the female ectoparasitic Tunga penetrans, a flea also known as the chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, jigger, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea (and not to be confused with the chigger, a different arthropod).
The chigger, also known as redbugs, jiggers, and harvest mites are the parasitic larvae form of a mite in the Trombiculidae family. They are nearly invisible at around 0.15 to 0.3 millimeters and ...
Considering the fact that most of the infestation occur at the front of the toes, between them, underneath them, and on the sole, I think we can logically explain this by the fact that the victims walk barefoot and the front part of the feet, which are the toes, hits the ground and the fleas first and most often; the fleas also get trapped ...
Chiggers and scabies are the mites that bite. Yep, both of these little biters are actually mites, which makes them arachnids, not insects. That means they are more closely related to ticks than ...
Blisters commonly happen on your heels, toes, or other parts of your feet, but they can really happen anywhere that body parts rub together or where your skin rubs against clothing, shoes, or ...
Jiggers may refer to: Jiggers, an Iggy Arbuckle character; Jiggers, alleyways in Liverpool, like chares in North-east England; Tunga penetrans, an aquatic-related parasite; Jiggers, devices used by trainers in Thoroughbred racing in Australia to deliver electric shocks to horses
Digging and chewing: This may just be playful behavior, like digging a hole in the backyard, but when a dog is undergoing stress and is locked in a room, they will dig on the carpet or wall. Some ...