(1) Sailors traveling with Columbus in 1492 suffered chigoe flea infestation while in Haiti and probably were the first to introduce it to Europe.(2) The chigoe leaps an incredible distance to attach itself to the victim's body, and then burrows under the skin to feed.(3) This widespread myth has its origin in the southern states where pests with similar names such as jigger flea or the chigoes do attack by burrowing under skin.(4) The u2018committeeu2019 sat on rough logs, ranged on the sand in the open building; and we had carefully to examine our feet for chigoes and exterminate them after each sitting.(5) He's blasu00e9 about all the usual stuff - typhoid fever, malaria, chigoes , bots, scabies, and leeches.
