Articles related to "Chigoe Flea"

Chigoe Fleas (Tunga penetrans) are unlike other familiar fleas because they burrow into the skin, causing pain and sometimes serious infection.

The young of chigger mites prey on mammals and other animals. They occasionally bite humans, causing unbearably itchy lesions.

Dermatobia hominis needs a warm-blooded host for its larvae to feed on. Humans are often the unwitting hosts for these large maggots.

Leishmania mexicana, a tissue parasite, causes large skin lesions that are slow to heal. It may be expanding its range northward in the United States.

The scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, comes from a family of parasitic mites that cause scabies, or mange, in humans and animals.

Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis live in hair follicles and sebaceous glands and usually do no harm. Many of us have these tiny skin parasites.