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Need doctor advice. where do scabies parasite come from?

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Dr. Shah Chowdhury answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Scabies: Human are the main source of infestation and transmission through prolonged, close personal contact. Large number of mites in exfoliating skin can cause rapid spread with less contact time. Interesting: only adult female mites cause burrowing and creates serpiginous rash which is intensely itchy, red, and bumpy. Other uncommon source: dogs and some other animals.

Answered 8/19/2013

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