Taxonomical approach to scabies mites of human and animals and their prevalence in Korea

, Lee, W K; , Cho, B K

doi:1995.33.2.85

Korean J Parasito > Volume 33(2):1995 > Article

Original Article


Korean J Parasitol. 1995 Jun;33(2):85-94. English. Published online Jun 20, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1995.33.2.85
Copyright © 1995 by The Korean Society for Parasitology


Taxonomical approach to scabies mites of human and animals and their prevalence in Korea
Won-Koo Lee,^*¹ and Baik-Kee Cho²
¹Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 560-756, Korea.
²Department of Dermatology, Medical College, Catholic University, Seoul 510-010, Korea.

Received February 24, 1995; Accepted March 27, 1995.
Abstract
Three types, hitherto commonly known as varieties of Sarcoptes scabiei (Linnaeus, 1758) were collected from scabietic patients, pigs and dogs to confirm their taxonomic status. As a result, we consider that the mites of human and pig scabies are different subspecies [S. scabiei scabiei (Linnaeus, 1758) and S. scabiei suis Megnin, 1880, respectively], and that of dog scabies is a different species, S. canis Gerlach, 1857. Infestation rate of human scabies in Korea peaked in 1981-1982 and showed nearly 10% of prevalence rate among outpatients of the dermatology clinic, but decreased dramatically during the past ten years and now lowered below 1% since 1990. On the other hand, dog scabies seems to be increasing recently.

Figures


	Fig. 1 Dorsal surfaces of idiosoma; A: female of human scabies, B: female of pig scabies, C: female of dog scabies, D: deutonymph of human scabies, E: deutonymph of pig scabies, F: deutonymph of dog scabies, G: protonymph of dog scabies, H: larva of dog scabies, I: egg of dog scabies. (Scale: 200 µ)


	Fig. 2 Scabietic man.


	Fig. 3 Scabietic dog.


	Fig. 4 Canine scabies mites of various stages in the multilayer burrows of hyperkeratotic canine abdominal skin.


	Fig. 5 A canine scabies mite in a burrow ifn the canine abdominal skin.

Tables


	Table 1 Incidence of scabies in outpatients of Chonbuk Nat. Univ. Hospital


	Table 2 Incidence of scabies based on the data from the literatures


	Table 3 Seasonal variation in incidence of scabietic patients of Chonbuk Nat. Univ. Hospital


	Table 4 Distribution of age in scabietic patients of Chonbuk Nat. Univ. Hospital


	Table 5 Distribution of sex in scabietic patients of Chonbuk Nat. Univ. Hospital

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