VPA 221: Veterinary Entomology and Acarology (1+1)

SARCOPTIC MANGE IN HUMAN

• Man picks up infection from affected animals-Dairy Man’s itch / from dogs / pigs.
• Palms, wrists, arms and chest are usually affected.
• Animal origin scabies is less severe since mite won’t burrow and multiply.
• Redness, papule, prurites for few weeks and then it disappears.
• Repeated exposure causes hypersensitivity – transient rash appears within few hours of animal contact.

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