The Sarcoptes scabiei mite causes scabies in humans. Close skin-to-skin contact can transmit scabies. The incubation period for scabies may be up to eight weeks. People with a scabies infestation will have a very itchy rash with burrows in the skin caused by the itch mite. Read more: Is Scabies Contagious? Article
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Human scabies is an intensely pruritic skin infestation caused by the host-specific mite Sarcoptes scabiei hominis. Approximately...
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Inflammatory nodular lesions involving the axillae and the diaper area are particularly typical of scabies in the very young...
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