A 32-year-old member asked:
Can you contact scabies from animals?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

Dr. Michael Silvermananswered
Specializes in Infectious Disease
Rarely : Almost always human to human transmission but the host are mites do maybe you can get from them but very unlikely.
6.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago

Dr. Arlo Milleranswered
Dermatology 16 years experience
No : It is a human mite only. Animals do not carry it.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Last updated Sep 28, 2016
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