| genetic epidemiology of sarcoptes scabiei (acari: sarcoptidae) in northern australia. | utilising three hypervariable microsatellite markers we have previously shown that scabies mites on people are genetically distinct from those on dogs in sympatric populations in northern australia. this had important ramifications on the formulation of public health control policies. in contrast phylogenetic analyses using mitochondrial markers on scabies mites infecting multiple animal hosts elsewhere in the world could not differentiate any genetic variation between mite haplotype and host sp ... | 2004 | 15157767 |
| the mitochondrial 12s gene is a suitable marker of populations of sarcoptes scabiei from wombats, dogs and humans in australia. | we sequenced part of the mitochondrial 12s ribosomal rna gene of 23 specimens of sarcoptes scabiei from eight wombats, one dog and three humans. twelve of the 326 nucleotide positions varied among these mites and there were nine haplotypes (sequences) that differed by 1-8 nucleotides. phylogenetic analyses indicated that these mites were from two lineages: (1) mites from wombats from victoria, australia, and mites from the humans and dog from the northern territory, australia (haplotypes 1-4, 9) ... | 2002 | 11999028 |
| genetically distinct dog-derived and human-derived sarcoptes scabiei in scabies-endemic communities in northern australia. | overcrowding is a significant factor contributing to endemic infection with sarcoptes scabiei in human and animal populations. however, since scabies mites from different host species are indistinguishable morphologically, it is unclear whether people can be infected from scabies-infested animals. molecular fingerprinting was done using three s. scabiei-specific single locus hypervariable microsatellite markers, with a combined total of 70 known alleles. multilocus analysis of 712 scabies mites ... | 1999 | 10548286 |
| ivermectin for sarcoptes scabiei hyperinfestation. | crusted (norwegian) scabies is an unusual variant of scabies caused by hyperinfestation with sarcoptes scabiei. it has high morbidity, and secondary bacterial skin sepsis may result in life-threatening bacteremia. an open label study of oral ivermectin was carried out in patients with crusted scabies refractory to topical therapy. | 1998 | 9531662 |