Objective: To establish the socio-economic factors influencing jigger infestation. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting: Mathioya constituency,Kiiru Subjects: 384 Adults and Children Results:Tungiasis, otherwise known as jigger infestation is endemic to Africa and South America and is caused by a female sand flea. The purpose of the study was to establish socioeconomic risk factors associated with jigger infestation (Tungiasis). The study took place in Mathioya Constituency, spanning five of its wards with the highest population density. A cross sectional descriptive study design was applied. The study findings revealed variations in jigger infestation with ages of the re
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