Tunga penetrans - Wikipedia
Tunga penetrans is unusual for the 13 known species of the genus Tunga. First, it has a wide distribution: some 88 countries, in the Caribbean, Central and South America, tropical (sub-Saharan) Africa, and India.
CDC - DPDx - Tungiasis - Centers for Disease Control and ...
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 ectoparasitic on the surface of the skin. The females remain embedded in the host tissue during engorgement and egg-production.
Tungiasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年4月28日 · Tungiasis is caused by the adult female sand flea, Tunga penetrans. The larvae and pupae develop in dry shaded soils, mostly inside the sleeping rooms of houses with an unsealed earthen floor where most transmission occurs.
Sand Flea Bites: What They Look Like, Treatment & Prevention
True sand fleas are the Tunga penetrans, also called the chigoe flea or jigger flea. These fleas (the smallest known flea) can bore holes into your skin. They may cause a parasitic infection called tungiasis (sand flea disease) that can lead to …
Tungiasis: Causes, Symptoms, Removal & Treatment
Tunga penetrans (T. penetrans) and Tunga trimamillata (T. trimamillata) are the scientific names of the sand fleas that cause tungiasis. Other names for sand fleas include: Bicho del pie (bug of the foot).
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 flea, chigo flea, jigger, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea (and not to be confused with the chigger, a different arthropod).
Tunga penetrans - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Tunga penetrans is a species of flea also known as the jigger, jigger flea, chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, nigua, niknik, sand flea, or burrowing flea. It is a parasitic insect found in most tropical and sub-tropical climates.
Prevalence and associated factors of Tunga penetrans ...
Tungiasis is a zoonosis caused by female Tunga penetrans and Tunga trimamillata sand fleas embedded in the skin . It is a Neglected Tropical Disease that is prevalent in resource-poor rural areas throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and South America .
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, pico, sand flea, and bicho de pie (bug of the foot).
Tungiasis: Background, Patient Education, Etiology - Medscape
2017年3月7日 · Tungiasis is an infestation by the burrowing flea Tunga penetrans or related species. The flea has many common names, being known in various locations as the chigger flea, sand flea, chigoe,...
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