The 2020 international alliance for the control of scabies consensus criteria for the diagnosis of scabies

D Engelman, J Yoshizumi, RJ Hay… - British Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Scabies is a common parasitic skin condition that causes considerable
morbidity globally. Clinical and epidemiological research for scabies has been limited by a …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for rapid and efficient detection of pathogens

N Garg, FJ Ahmad, S Kar - Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method has been demonstrated to bea
reliable and robust method for detection and identification of viral and microbial pathogens …

The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action

D Engelman, PT Cantey, M Marks, AW Solomon… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Scabies is a parasitic disease of the skin that disproportionately affects disadvantaged
populations. The disease causes considerable morbidity and leads to severe bacterial …

Sarcoptic mange: An emerging panzootic in wildlife

LE Escobar, S Carver, PC Cross… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sarcoptic mange, a skin infestation caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, is an emerging
disease for some species of wildlife, potentially jeopardizing their welfare and conservation …

[HTML][HTML] A review of sarcoptic mange in North American wildlife

KD Niedringhaus, JD Brown, KM Sweeley… - International Journal for …, 2019 - Elsevier
The “itch mite” or “mange mite”, Sarcoptes scabiei, causes scabies in humans and sarcoptic
mange in domestic and free-ranging animals. This mite has a wide host range due to its …

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification as point-of-care diagnosis for neglected parasitic infections

C Avendaño, MA Patarroyo - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed twenty diseases into a group known as
neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), twelve of them being parasitic diseases: Chagas' …

LAMP in neglected tropical diseases: a focus on parasites

J García-Bernalt Diego, P Fernandez-Soto, A Muro - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), particularly those caused by parasites, remain a major
Public Health problem in tropical and subtropical regions, with 10% of the world population …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding and treating scabies

E Welch, L Romani, MJ Whitfeld - Faculty reviews, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Scabies is an infestation of the skin caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. In 2017, scabies
was recognised by the World Health Organisation as a disease of public importance and …

Scabies

DD Fernando, KE Mounsey, C Bernigaud… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Scabies is one of the most common and highest-burden skin diseases globally. Estimates
suggest that> 200 million people worldwide have scabies at any one time, with an annual …

Laboratory-based diagnosis of scabies: a review of the current status

EE Siddig, R Hay - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Scabies is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) of the skin that is caused by the mite
Sarcoptes scabiei. It is considered to be an important public health problem in many regions …