Scabies in animals and humans: history, evolutionary perspectives, and modern clinical management

R W Currier; Shelley F Walton; B J Currie

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x

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Scabies in animals and humans: history, evolutionary perspectives, and modern clinical management

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Scabies in animals and humans: history, evolutionary perspectives, and modern clinical management

R W Currier, Shelley F Walton and B J Currie

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol.1230, pp.E50-E60

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x

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scabies

mites

animal hosts

history

evolution

Scabies, a mite infestation frequently sexually transmitted, dates back to antiquity but remains a challenging parasite for study in clinical practice and community settings. Its history is one of centuries of slow progress to recognize the mite and to finally establish its nexus to the clinical syndrome of pruritis with several protean manifestations and different epidemiological patterns. Contemporary methods of management are briefly reviewed, with the future promise of improved evolutionary knowledge associated with the advent of molecular and genetic technology. Current information indicates that humans and earlier protohumans were most likely the source of animal scabies, first of dogs, and later of other species with subsequent spread to wildlife. Morphologically identical variants of Sarcoptes scabiei are nonetheless host specific, as determined by recent DNA studies, and invite future investigations into the dynamics of this troublesome sexually transmissible agent, with the goal of improved recognition and control.

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Title: Scabies in animals and humans: history, evolutionary perspectives, and modern clinical management
Authors: R W Currier (Author) - American College of Veterinary Medical History Society, United States
Shelley F Walton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
B J Currie (Author) - Menzies School of Health Research and Northern Territory Clinical School
Publication details: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol.1230, pp.E50-E60
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Date published: 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x
ISSN: 0077-8923
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449704802621
Output Type: Journal article

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