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Wat tests do doctors do to see if some one has scabies?

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Dr. John Leander Po answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Visual inspection: Sorry, no advanced technology needed for this diagnosis, which is made by seeing the organism or their eggs at the base of the hairs they reside on.

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Answered 12/10/2013

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