A 38-year-old member asked:
do people get scabies?
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Dr. Luis Villaplana answered
34 years experience Internal Medicine
Yes : Yes, it is a people skin infection.
Answered on Aug 18, 2012
Dr. Kevin Windisch answered
24 years experience Pediatrics
Yes: It is a pretty common peditric disease.
Answered on Sep 11, 2012
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