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Scabies outbreak in UK and Europe – what you need to know https://theconversation.com/scabies-outbreak-in-uk-and-europe-what-you-need-to-know-273951
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#Sarcoptes #scabiei var. hominis ( #Astigmata, Acariformes) is a skin- #parasitic #mite that feeds on human #epidermal cells. Infection typically occurs via adult, mated #females.The mite has #subspecies found on both #domestic and #wild #animals. The #evolutionary direction was via #humanancestors to humans and from there #spreading first to domestic animals and then to wild animals (see ref).
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R. W. Currier er al. (2012): https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x
