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Toward The Global Control Of Human Scabies: Introducing The International Alliance For The Control Of Scabies, Daniel Engelman, Karen Kiang, Olivier Chosidow, James Mccarthy, Claire Fuller, Patrick Lammie, Roderick Hay, Andrew Steer

Daniel T. Engelman MD

Scabies, the human skin disease caused by infestation by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis, causes considerable morbidity and mortality through direct effects and as a result of secondary bacterial infection. Scabies is a truly neglected disease, largely absent from the global health agenda, and its huge burden of disease is largely underappreciated. We contend that coordinated, global efforts to control this ubiquitous pathogenic mite are both important and achievable.