Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The fact that scabies can be transmitted by fomites suggest about the mite’s need for a living host.

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Scabies is a skin disease caused by the human mites named as Sarcoptes scabies. Scabies is a contagious disease and transmitted through skin contact with an infected individual or through fomites.

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