With scabies making headlines ... (Anywhere warm and cosy is where the mites love to be.) In infants, the scalp, face, palms and soles are where the mites love to infest. The microscopic arthropod ...
Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabei, known by several names such as "itch mite." At any given time, the worldwide burden of disease is about 300,000,000 people.
Scabies can lead to secondary skin infections, if not treated. People are being told not to ignore an itchy rash, with GPs in England reporting a spike in scabies - the highly infectious skin ...
An investigation by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has revealed that a quarter of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons have been infected with scabies in recent months. The findings contained ...