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The parasitology of human scabies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

C. G. Johnson  and
Kenneth Mellanby
C. G. Johnson
Affiliation:
Sorby Research Fellow of the Royal Society
Kenneth Mellanby
Affiliation:
Sorby Research Fellow of the Royal Society
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1. An analysis has been made of the numbers and location of adult female Sarcoptes scabiei found on 886 men suffering from scabies

2. The average number of mites per man was 11·3. 52% of the cases had under six mites and only 3·6% over fifty.

3. 63% of the mites were found on the hands and wrists, 10·9% on the elbows, 9·2% on the feet, 8·4% on the genitals and 4% on the buttocks.

4. So-called ‘severe’ cases of scabies, showing widespread clinical symptoms, may have very few parasites, whereas cases with few symptoms may have large mite populations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 34 , Issue 3-4 , November 1942 , pp. 285 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1942

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