Scabies (from Latin: scabere to scratch) also known colloquially as the seven-year itch is a contagious skin infection caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. The mite is a tiny and usually not directly visible parasite which burrows under the host’s skin causing intense allergic itching.
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