chigoe flea
jigger
tunga penetrans latin

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.

Anyway, Jigger would find out soon enough, along with everybody else.

I couldn't see any sign in my room that Jigger had been there.

Jigger went back into the drug store, put in a telephone call and came out again.

"You can come and see me in private," Jigger called back.

Jigger didn't come right out and blame me for getting in the way, but I'm sure he thought it.

Jigger had offered not one word of explanation as to what he was doing.

Jigger saw them and approached from a spot near the drug store.

And then, when Jigger said not a word, it all came spilling out.

He had just remembered what Jigger said about breaking him in two.

Jigger stared at Rick for a second, his head to one side.

He waited until the waiter had put down their new jiggers, gone away again.

"First see they all get one full jigger of whisky.

He poured her a small jigger and took one for himself before putting the bottle back.

Jigger headed into the drug store, only thirty feet beyond the apartment house.

Jigger would probably have done it in his head.

Jigger glared at him, and the two rescued women did the same.

We can stop by the truck and wait for Jigger to join us."

The change predicted by Jigger came sooner and harder than expected.

Jigger spoke casually, as though meeting Rick was the most natural thing possible.

Jigger agreed to hang behind and keep an eye on her."

Workers were initially paid $0.30 per day and offered a jigger of whiskey.

Curt gave the nod, but when Jigger started away, the new chief stopped him.

A jigger of bourbon is about the biggest thing I can lift.

Jigger was already moving back through the thick door.

The jigger tool shapes one face, the mould the other.

Chigoe flea (Tunga penetrans)

A common parasite on farms is the bicho do pe or foot worm (tunga penetrans), which loves to embed itself between the toes.

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

Acting as both biological vectors and definitive hosts, humans have spread Tunga penetrans from its isolated existence in the West Indies to all of Latin America and most of Africa via sea travel.

The chigoe flea or jigger (Tunga penetrans) is a parasitic arthropod found in most tropical and sub-tropical climates, not to be confused with the larval form of Trombiculidae (called chiggers) found in more temperate climates.