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* Chigoe or sand flea (the smallest flea)
* Lives in warm, sandy soils, often near animals (such as pigsties or stables)
* Endemic in Latin America, the Carribean, and sub-Saharan Africa
* Pregnant female invades the soft epidermis
* Remains embedded for up to 5 weeks, enlarging with time, and eventually the uterus pops out of skin
* Pruritic lesion
* Treatment is to excise it carefully
* Prevention is to wear shoes, or to put DEET on feet

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Aidan: Created page with "* Chigoe or sand flea (the smallest flea) * Lives in warm, sandy soils, often near animals (such as pigsties or stables) * Endemic in Latin America, the Carribean, and sub-Sah..."