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Scabies

 

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Table and Figures

Figure 1: Examples of Crusted Scabies

Figure 2. Magnified Photograph of a Skin Scraping from a Patient with Crusted Scabies.

Table 1: Recommended Treatment of Scabies

 

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Life Cycle

Adedayo, O. et al. Mites and HTLV-1 at the Crux of a 10-year Itch and Plaque-Like Lesions.(Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus 1).   Infections in Medicine 2009;26.4: 126-128.  

Hengge UR, Currie BJ, et al. Scabies: a ubiquitous neglected skin disease. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006 Dec;6:769-79.

Wisniewski B.  A Brief History of Scabies.  2008.

 

Authors

Andrew Redmond and James McCarthy

 

 

 

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