Last year, about 37,523 cases of jigger infestation were recorded in health facilities across the country The parasite has had a major socio-economic impact as it immobilises its victims and condemns ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - This Labor Day weekend you may be coming in contact with chiggers or mites. Francis Skalicky, with the Missouri Department of Conservation, said many confuse them with ticks.