chigoe flea
jigger flea

For these reasons, the chigoe flea should be removed as soon as possible.

A better approach is to use repellents that specifically target the chigoe flea.

Stage 1 is characterized by the penetration of the skin by the female chigoe flea.

At 1 mm long, the chigoe flea is the smallest known flea.

For the most part, the chigoe flea lives 2-5 cm below sand, an observation which helps explains its overall distribution.

Odinga has advocated for the prevention of breast cancer, fistulas, and chigoe fleas.

Chig is not the species' name for itself, but rather a human-coined nickname (referencing the chigoe flea).

Bunke also soon found herself battling a high fever, a leg injury, and the painful effects of the Chigoe flea parasite.

Though vaccines would be useful, due to the ectoparasitic nature of chigoe flea, they are neither a feasible nor an effective tool against tungiasis.

Due to its burrowing activity, the chigoe flea has developed a well-developed lacinia and epipharynx that is used to penetrate the skin.

Though the chigoe flea resembles most others in morphology, the flea has a hypertrophic region between tergites 2 and 3.

Family Hectopsyllidae-sticktight and chigoe fleas ("chiggers" of Latin America)

The chigoe flea is properly classified as a member of the order Siphonaptera as it is a flea.

Hectopsyllidae is a small family of fleas, containing only the chigoe fleas and the sticktight fleas.

Chigoe flea (Tunga penetrans)

Staphylococcus aureus and Wolbachia endobacteria can be transmitted by the chigoe flea, as well as nearly 150 other different pathogens.

Sticktight and chigoe flea, Family Hectopsyllidae (formerly Tungidae)

The chigoe flea, "jigger," is often confused with the chigger, (Trombiculidae) or harvest mite due to the similarity of their names.

Tungiasis is strictly caused by chigoe fleas (The term transmission does not apply because T. penetrans is itself responsible for the disease.)

The preponderance of tungiasis lesions on the toes may be because chigoe flea is a poor jumper, attaining only a high of 20 cm [1].

Through ship routes and further expeditions, the chigoe flea was spread to the rest of the world, particularly to the rest of Latin America and Africa.

The term "chigger" is often confused with the term "jigger", the chigoe flea (Tunga penetrans) - the name chigger originated as a corruption of chigoe.

Tunga penetrans is also known by the following names: chigoe flea, sand flea, nigua, chigger flea, jigger flea, bicho de pé, pico, sikka, kuti, and piqui, among many others.

Since the chigoe flea technically has no reservoir species and the female will cause tungiasis to any mammalian organism it can penetrate, this means the flea will have a relatively large amount of hosts and victims.

Myths about the tiny red bugs, which are most active in the weeks after the Fourth of July, stem from their resemblance to pests with similar names, like the jigger flea, which actually does bore through skin.

Tunga penetrans is also known by the following names: chigoe flea, sand flea, nigua, chigger flea, jigger flea, bicho de pé, pico, sikka, kuti, and piqui, among many others.