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Descriptor English: Scabies
Descriptor Spanish: Escabiosis
Descriptor escabiosis
Entry term(s) escabies
infestación por Sarcoptes scabiei
roña
sarna sarcóptica
Scope note: Inflamación cutánea contagiosa producida por la picadura del ácaro SARCOPTES SCABIEI. Se caracteriza por erupción papular pruriginosa y surcos o túneles que cava el parásito debajo de la piel. Afecta principalmente a axilas, codos, muñecas y genitales, aunque puede extenderse y cubrir todo el cuerpo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Escabiose
Descriptor French: Gale
Entry term(s): Mange, Sarcoptic
Sarcoptic Mange
Tree number(s): C01.610.858.211.480.708
C17.800.838.775.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012532
Scope note: A contagious cutaneous inflammation caused by the bite of the mite SARCOPTES SCABIEI. It is characterized by pruritic papular eruptions and burrows and affects primarily the axillae, elbows, wrists, and genitalia, although it can spread to cover the entire body.
Annotation: mite infest caused by Sarcoptes scabiei
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Online Note: use SCABIES to search MANGE, SARCOPTIC 1968-76
History Note: MANGE, SARCOPTIC was see under SCABIES 1968-76
DeCS ID: 12914
Unique ID: D012532
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Scabies - Preferred
Concept UI M0019458
Scope note A contagious cutaneous inflammation caused by the bite of the mite SARCOPTES SCABIEI. It is characterized by pruritic papular eruptions and burrows and affects primarily the axillae, elbows, wrists, and genitalia, although it can spread to cover the entire body.
Preferred term Scabies
Mange, Sarcoptic - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0019457
Preferred term Mange, Sarcoptic
Entry term(s) Sarcoptic Mange



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