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- Tungiasis abstract "Tungiasis (also known as nigua, pio and bicho de pie, or pique) is an inflammatory skin disease caused by infection with the female ectoparasitic Tunga penetrans flea (also known as chigoe flea, jigger, nigua or sand flea), found in the tropical parts of Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and India. Tunga penetrans is the smallest flea in the world, measuring 1 mm across. It is also known in Latin America as the nigua and bicho de pie (Spanish) or bicho de pé (Portuguese), literally "foot bug". Tunga penetrans is a member of the genus Tunga, which comprises 13 species.Tungiasis causes skin inflammation, severe pain, itching, and a lesion at the site of infection that is characterized by a black dot at the center of a swollen red lesion, surrounded by what looks like a white halo. Desquamation of the skin is always seen, especially after the flea expands during hypertrophy.As of 2009, tungiasis is present worldwide in 88 countries with varying degrees of incidence. This disease is of special public health concern in highly endemic areas such as Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Brazil, where its prevalence, especially in poor communities, has been known to approach 50%.The chigoe flea is properly classified as a member of the order Siphonaptera as it is a flea. Although commonly referred to as chiggers, true chiggers are mites which are minute arachnids. Mites penetrate the skin to drink blood, but they do not lay eggs as T. penetrans does. Moreover, in mites, the adult and the larval forms both feed on other animals. This is not the case with T. penetrans, as only the adults feed on mammals and it is only the female that stays attached to the host.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.".
- Tungiasis icd10 "B88.1".
- Tungiasis icd9 "134.1".
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- Tungiasis wikiPageLength "33330".
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Cauterization.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Clavulanate.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Cryotherapy.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Disease.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Egg_(biology).
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Endemism.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Erythema.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Exoskeleton.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Favela.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Formaldehyde.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Gangrene.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Gonzalo_Fernández_de_Oviedo_y_Valdés.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Host_(biology).
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Hypertrophy.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Inflammation.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Itch.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Ivermectin.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink List_of_cutaneous_conditions.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Longitudinal_study.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Lymphedema.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Metamorphosis.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Metronidazole.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Mexico.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Morbidity.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Niridazole.
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Santa_María_(ship).
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- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Staphylococcus_aureus.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Sulfamethoxazole.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Tetanus.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Triatominae.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Trimethoprim.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Tunga_penetrans.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Vector_(epidemiology).
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Vitality.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink West_Indies.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink Wolbachia.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLink File:Puce_chique_(Tonga_penetrans).jpg.
- Tungiasis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Tungiasis".
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- Tungiasis caption "Chigoe flea".
- Tungiasis diseasesdb "29589".
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- Tungiasis icd "134.1".
- Tungiasis icd "B88.1".
- Tungiasis name "Tungiasis".
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