Catalog

Animal scabies

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Link to WHO Definition

Animal scabies – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1812901354

Subspecies of Sarcoptes scabiei other than that causing human scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis) infest many different mammals and are host-specific. Close contact with infested animals (sarcoptic mange) may produce short-lived symptoms of irritation and itch in humans but the mites cannot survive and reproduce in human hosts.