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Disease scabies
Symptom C0021311|infections
Sentences 3
PubMedID- 26555130 This would suggest that the pathology in the host is the result of damage to the skin barrier, substances that the mite deposits in the host’s skin, the inflammatory and immune responses that the mite induces, and bacterial infections often associated with scabies infestations.
PubMedID- 22632458 From this, six child health variables were constructed andare: 1) skin infections with no scabies, 2) scabies (with or without skininfections), 3) respiratory infections, 4) diarrhoea and/or vomiting, 5) earinfections, and 6) a composite child health variable indicating that the carerreported two or more of the five illnesses for the child.
PubMedID- 26527041 Apart from a very itchy rash, scabies can lead to secondary bacterial infections and related complications, as well as to stigmatization, depression, insomnia and significant financial costs.

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