Description: Scabies [SKAY-bees] is a skin disease caused by a parasitic mite. Scabies is spread by prolonged person-to-person contact and is very contagious. Anyone can get scabies. Scabies is treatable with mite-killing skin lotions and creams. Scabies is a fairly common infectious disease that occurs sporadically and also sometimes in outbreaks

Category: Infectious Skin Disease

Url: http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/scabies.html

Date: Oct 7, 2005

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