Getingstick tunga
Getingstick huskur The tunga flea is native to the West Indies and Caribbean region, but has spread to Africa, India, Pakistan, and Latin America. The fleas like the warm, dry soil and sand of beaches, stables and stock farms. The increase in travellers to endemic areas may see the disease appearing in other countries.
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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.Getingstick allergi 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.
Getingstick kliar efter en vecka Tungiasis is a cutaneous parasitosis caused by infection with the female sand flea Tunga penetrans (and T. trimamillatain some areas). It is also commonly known as pulga de areia, niguá, pique, bicho do pé, bichodo porco or jatecuba, and, in English-speaking countries, as jigger, sand flea or chigoe.