Webtungiasis is a skin infestation with the burrowing flea tunga penetrans or related species.

The flea has many common names including, chigoe flea, jigger, nigua, pico, sand flea,.

The name jiggers comes from the synonym for the causative flea, the.

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Jiggers are commonly found in tropical and sandy areas.

Webjiggers, not to be confused with chiggers, is a dermatologic infiltration by a flea called tunga penetrans.

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