Coexistence of an Unusual Form of Scabies and Lepromatous Leprosy

Barbosa, Aryon de Almeida; Silva, T.M. Correia; Santos, Mawuli; Garrido, M. De Fatima Gomez; Patel, Bhagirath; Cavalcanti, Marília Lopes; Riccio, Michele

doi:10.1016/s0344-0338(96)80142-7

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“…Crusted scabies (also called Norwegian scabies), which is a scabies mite hyper-infection with hundreds of thousands of parasites on a single host, is rarely diagnosed in healthy individuals, but sometimes is seen in elderly, immune-suppressed patients with chronic disease, or patients suffering from malnutrition. These high transmitter individuals, who because of behaviours or mite load or some other factor, may provide a much higher risk of transmitting infestations (de Almeida Barbosa et al, 1996).…”

Section: Intra-humans Transmissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The neglected navigating web of the incomprehensibly emerging and re-emerging Sarcoptes mite

Alasaad

Rossi

Heukelbach

et al. 2013

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

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Parasite presence in any ecosystem generates complex navigating webs (Parasite-NW) within the system, through which parasites move from one to another host. The appropriate assimilation of parasite navigating web is pivotal for a better understanding of pathogen flow in the ecosystem, with implications for disease control. Sarcoptes mite has been approached from medical, veterinary, entomological, physiological and, recently, molecular sides, to understand its epidemiological navigating web between isolates from different hosts and geographical regions. The obtained conclusions are still a matter of debate. Sarcoptes navigating web (Sarcoptes-NW) is intricate and uncertain, with unexplainable pathogenic flow. In this review we summarize by which routes, under what conditions and at what levels the Sarcoptes mite moves among its hosts.

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Section: Intra-humans Transmissionmentioning

confidence: 99%