To establish the prevalence of skin disease among nursing home workers in southern Taiwan, dermatological examination was performed on 75 nursing home staff from 11 institutions in Tainan county. Fungal infections were the most common skin diseases identified, affecting 21.4% of all employees. Other conditions included xerosis (13.3%), scabies (10.7%) and dermatitis (8.0%). Fungus was found mai...

Sarcoptes scabiei ("itch mite") causes scabies, a disease of considerable human and veterinary significance. Little work has been done at the molecular level because of the difficulty of obtaining mites. We have used mites in skin from the bedding of crusted scabies patients for the construction of a library of 10(5) cDNAs from S. scabiei var. hominis cloned in the vector pGEX4T-2. We describe ...

Human scabies is a major global public health issue, with an estimated 300 million cases per year worldwide. Prevalence rates are particularly high in many third-world regions and within various indigenous communities in developed countries. Infestation with Sarcoptes Scabiei is associated with group-A streptococcal pyoderma which in turn predisposes to rheumatic fever, acute glomerulonephritis...

Pediculosis and scabies are caused by ectoparasites. Pruritus is the most common presenting symptom. Head and pubic lice infestations are diagnosed by visualization of live lice. Finding nits (louse egg shells) alone indicates a historical infestation. A "no nit" policy for schools and day care centers no longer is recommended because nits can persist after successful treatment with no risk of ...

Scabies is an important disease that affects many species and can greatly reduce population sizes in some species, yet have little effect on populations of other species. Here, we develop an exploratory mechanistic model to examine scabies epidemiology in the context of host demographics. As a starting point, we use empirical estimates from a well-studied coyote population to generate realistic...

The skin is the outermost organ that often exposed to external environment, which can cause diseases, one of scabies. Scabies caused by mite Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis and its products. found in densely populated environments, such as Islamic boarding schools communities with poor personal hygiene quality or tend be poor, low economic status. For management, administration drugs generally to...

Quality of life is individual’s perception their existence in life. A person’s quality lide can be affected by several things, including scabies. This research was conducted to analyze the relationship between scabies and students one islamic boarding school Surabaya. a cross-sectional study with primary data obtained through examination measurement using WHOQOL questionnaire. The result this t...

INTRODUCTION Crusted or Norwegian scabies is an infectious skin dermatopathology usually associated with an underlying immunodeficiency condition. It is caused when the mite Sarcoptes scabiei infects the skin, and the immune system is unable to control its spread, leading to a massive hyperinfestation with a simultaneous inflammatory and hyperkeratotic reaction. This is the first report of a no...