title: Transmission of Sarcoptes scabiei from animal to man and its control.
abstract: Outbreak of Sarcoptes scabiei in animals spilling over to man in close association was observed in two adjacent villages, Fewgram and Nurpur in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal, from mid-November to mid-December, 1991. Nineteen goats and one calf who did not receive any treatment died of sarcoptic manage. All infected animals got cured with external application of deltamethrin, a synthetic pyrethroid and triazapentadiene. Human cases were treated successfully with benzene hexachloride (2%).
authors.affiliation: Additional Block Animal Health Centre, Kirnahar.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mahanta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007306:Insecticides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009570:Nitriles; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012532:Scabies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D012756:Sheep; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D009570:Nitriles; D011722:Pyrethrins; C017180:decamethrin; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane