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2023, Experimental ParasitologyCitation Excerpt :Severely infested individuals or animals can suffer hair loss, epidermal crusts, and chronic diseases, leading to weight loss. The disease caused by S. scabiei is called scabies in humans and has a long history (NA, 1949; Roncalli, 1987). Increased attention has been paid to this public disease, with scabies being included in the list of neglected tropical diseases in 2017 (Engelman et al., 2018).
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2019, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeCitation Excerpt :The rediscovered mite was renamed by Renucci in 1834 to Acarus scabiei from a human in Paris. For additional information, multiple reviews on the history of scabies and mange have been published (Friedman, 1934; Roncalli, 1987; Currier et al., 2011). Sarcoptic mange is a well-documented and researched disease of wildlife in Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia (Zumpt and Ledger, 1973; Mӧrner, 1992; Kraabol et al., 2015; Fraser et al., 2016; Old et al., 2018).
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