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Noun Concept
Categories: Arthropod infestations, Parasitic infestations, stings, and bites of the skin, Tropical diseases
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tungiasis  bicho de pie  Chigger flea  Chiggerflea  Chigoe flea
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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. Wikipedia
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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. Wikipedia
A skin parasite known as "pique" in much of South America Wikipedia Disambiguation
Human disease Wikidata
A skin infestation of the Tunga penetrans flea (also known as chigoe flea, jigger, nigua or sand flea), found in the tropical parts of Africa, Caribbean, Central and South America, and India. OmegaWiki
An inflammatory skin disease caused by infection with the female ectoparasitic Tunga penetrans flea. Wiktionary
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infectious disease
flea bite
ectoparasitic infestation
HEALTH SPECIALTY
infectious disease
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bicho de pie, chigger flea, Chiggerflea, Chigoe flea bite, Jigger bite, nigua, Peruvian chigoe flea, Pio and bicho de pie, Sarcopsyllosis
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Chigger flea, Chigoe flea, S penetrans, Sarcopsylla penetrans, T penetrans, Tunga penetrans

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