Definition
Scabies is a skin disease due to mite infestations and sensitization Sarcoptes scabiei hominis and product variants on the body (Siregar, 2005).
Synonym
Human Skabies often also called scabies (gudikan), Ampera disease, itching Agogo, budukan, the Itch, Seven-Year Itch, intense pruritus, nocturnal pruritus (cakmoki, 2007).
Epidemiology
It is estimated that an epidemic or pandemic of scabies occurred in 30-year cycle. However, because scabies not a disease that routine in the recording, and the information there is also wide - types, making it difficult to ensure the incidence of scabies. Several years epidemic ever reported 1919-1925, 1936-1949, and 1964-1979. Scabies also is a disease found in tropical and subtropical regions. High prevalence figures in the Aborigines in Australia, in South America, and in some developing countries around the world (Binder, 2006). And in developing countries, can appear as scabies epidemic cases in the hospital, nursing home, or at primary health facilities (Karthikeyan, 2005).
Although scabies often occurs in a younger population, but actually scabies can attack all ages, all races, all socioeconomic levels, and with equal probability between men and women. The spread scabies not directly related to one's hygiene, but more related to poverty and population density (Binder, 2006).
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