Scabies Picture

Scabies is an intensely pruritic and highly contagious infestation of the
skin caused by a mite affecting humans and other animals. Sarcoptes
scabiei var hominis
is the etiologic agent causing human scabies. It lives its entire life
on the human host. A variant of scabies is canine scabies, in which humans
become infected from pets, mainly dogs. Canine scabies (i.e., mange) causes
patchy loss of hair and itching in affected pets. Below you can se a
picture of the scabies mite.

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