Johns Hopkins HIV Guide
Scabies
PATHOGENS
- Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis, an obligate parasite that burrows and reproduces in stratum corneum of human skin.[3]
- Scabere, to scratch, from Latin. Pruritis is due to intense hypersensitivity reaction generated by mite, ova, and excrement. Hypersensitivity and pruritis occur 2-6 wks after infestation.[11]
- Symptomatic pruritis occurs once host it sensitized to mite antigens.
- Mite cannot survive outside human skin for more than 2-3 days.
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Last updated: October 9, 2022
Citation
Spacek, Lisa A. "Scabies." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, 2022. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545188/6/Scabies.
Spacek LA. Scabies. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. 2022. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545188/6/Scabies. Accessed December 6, 2023.
Spacek, L. A. (2022). Scabies. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545188/6/Scabies
Spacek LA. Scabies [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. ; 2022. [cited 2023 December 06]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545188/6/Scabies.
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