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Abstract
Scabies is a common parasitic infection caused by the mite S. scabiei. The most common source of transmission is prolonged skin-to-skin contact with an infected individual (hand-holding, sexual contact, etc). It takes 15-20 min of close contact of successful direct transmission, and for this reason scabies is also considered to be a sexually transmitted disease.
Clinical infection with the scabies mite causes discomfort and often intense itching of the skin, particularly at night, with irritating papule, nodule, burrow or vesicular eruption. The classical sites of infestation are between the fingers, the wrists, axillary areas, female breasts, peri-umbilical area, external genitalia, and buttocks. Infants are usually affected on the face, scalp, palms, and soles.
Diagnosis on clinical grounds is usually made on a history of itching and the finding of lesions in the classical sites. The diagnosis can in most cases be confirmed by microscopically identifying a mite, egg, or mite faeces in a skin scraping, or by extracting a mite from a burrow.