title: [Taxonomical approach to scabies mites of human and animals and their prevalence in Korea].
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012520:Sarcoptes scabiei / Q000145:classification*; D012532:Scabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D013552:Swine