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Arthropods, 2016, 5(4): 151-161
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Epidemiological study of scabies in district Haripur, Pakistan

Samina Yasmin1, Suleman1, Hanif Ullah1, Mian Sayed Khan2
1Department of Zoology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
2Department of Zoology, University of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Received 7 June 2016;Accepted 15 July 2016;Published 1 December 2016
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Abstract
Scabies is a contagious disorder of skin caused by a mite called human itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. An epidemiological study of scabies was conducted from district Haripur to evaluate the prevalence and the important risk factors responsible for the spread of scabies. The study was conducted in General population from (February - April 2013).Surveys were carried out in general population comprising 200 families of district Haripur. Out of two hundred families in general population, 81 were scabetic showing a prevalence rate of 40.5%.Considering an individual as a unit, 109cases were detected, out of these total samples of 1193 individuals, exhibiting a prevalence rate of 9.13%.The disease was significantly more common in females (10.4%)than males(7.9%),in lower socio-economic classes (13.8%) than the upper and middle classes (5.22%,7.16%), in those living in uncemented houses (23.6%) than those living in cemented houses (7.5%),and in those having domestic animals at home(13.4%)than those without domestic animals(8.08%). Family size was of no significance but prevalence was positively co-related with the level of crowding (average number of person per room in a house). No clear trend was indicated in the prevalence rate of scabies changing with educational level. The distribution of the number of cases per family followed a Poisson distribution, demonstrating that all the families surveyed were equally exposed to the risk of scabies.

Keywords scabies;lesion;epidemiology;Pakistan.


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