Human scabies from contact with water buffaloes infested with<i>Sarcoptes scabiei</i>var.<i>bubalis</i>

Chakrabarti, Amalendu; Chatterjee, A.; Chakrabarti, Kunal; SenGupta, Devi

doi:10.1080/00034983.1981.11687450

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“…This study also emphasizes that bears in Pennsylvania were commonly exposed to three zoonotic parasites: S. scabiei, T. gondii, and Trichinella sp. While there is only anecdotal evidence suggesting mild classical scabies can occur in humans handling bears with clinical sarcoptic mange [70], reports of transmission and subsequent disease have been documented in humans after contracting mites from other animal hosts, although humans in these situations are considered 'dead end' hosts due to the lack of mite replication and subsequent transmission [71][72][73][74]. Consumption of bear meat has been suggested as a rare cause of toxoplasmosis in humans but is currently considered to be the greatest risk of trichinellosis in humans [75][76][77].…”

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A Serosurvey of Multiple Pathogens in American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in Pennsylvania, USA Indicates a Lack of Association with Sarcoptic Mange

Niedringhaus

Brown

Ternent³

et al. 2019

Veterinary Sciences

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Infectious diseases, particularly of wildlife, are intrinsically linked to human and domestic animal health. Reports of sarcoptic mange in black bears (Ursus americanus) are increasing in multiple states in the USA and while the reason is unknown, mange in other species has been associated with immunosuppression from multiple causes. Serum from bears across Pennsylvania were collected to determine the seroprevalence of five pathogens important for animal and/or human health: Canine distemper virus (CDV), canine parvovirus (CPV), canine adenovirus-1 (CAV), Toxoplasma gondii, and Trichinella sp. from bears with sarcoptic mange as well as bears that were clinically normal. Several of these pathogens, particularly canine distemper virus, are associated with immunosuppression and secondary infections in other hosts. In addition to describing the seroprevalence and relating these findings to data from other regions, statistics were performed to determine if antibodies to any of these pathogens were associated with mange in bears. The overall seroprevalence to these pathogens was as follows: CDV 7.1% (17/240), CPV 16% (15/94), CAV 6.9% (6/87), Toxoplasma gondii 64.9% (194/299), and Trichinella spiralis 3.2% (7/220). While there was no association between mange and antibodies to these pathogens, infection with one or more of these pathogens has implications for bears, other wildlife, domestic animal, and human health.

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A Serosurvey of Multiple Pathogens in American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in Pennsylvania, USA Indicates a Lack of Association with Sarcoptic Mange

Niedringhaus

Brown

Ternent³

et al. 2019

Veterinary Sciences

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“…mites in only two cases (2/53). In previous studies, Chakrabarti et al (1981); Ahmed et al (997); Purohit et al (1997); Jabeen et al (1998);Patel et al (2003b) isolated only sarcoptic mites from buffalo. Conversely, Zaitoun et al (1998) isolated only psoroptic mites from the infected buffalo.…”

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“…Moreover, mange has great zoonotic and public health importance. Water buffalo were recorded to be a source for human infestation (Chakrabarti et al 1981;Shalaby and Gupta 2000). The clinical findings varied based on the mite species and severity of infestation (Dräger and Paine 1980).…”

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Risk factors of infestation by Psoroptes spp. mites in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) at smallholder farms in the Nile Delta region, Egypt

El-Khodery

Osman

Ishii

et al. 2009

Trop Anim Health Prod

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The aim of the present study was to explore the prevalence and potential risk factors associated with infestation by Psoroptes spp. mites in buffalo at smallholder farms in the Nile Delta region, Egypt. A total of 318 out of 1234 buffalo in 77 small scale herds were examined. The age of buffalo varied from three months to seven years. In all, 53 (16.66%) buffalo were recorded to be infested; 51 (16.35%) with Psoroptes spp. mites and two cases (0.31%) with Chorioptes spp. mites. Multivariate logistic regression was performed for significant risk factors at univariate analysis on both animal and herd level. The results of multivariate analysis showed that, on the animal level, the prevalence was affected by animal age (P < 0.01; OR: 0.71; CI 95%: 0.441-1.11), season (P < 0.01; OR: 1.20; CI 95%:0.541-1.15), indoor management (P < 0.001; OR: 6.625; CI 95%:2.489 -17.631) and rearing with other animals (P < 0.01; OR: 2.22; CI 95%:1.340 -7.132). However, on the herd level, the prevalence was affected by indoor rearing (P < 0.05; OR: 22.4; CI 95%:2.75-16.431), mixed rearing with other animal species (P < 0.05; OR: 4.5; CI 95%:1.66-7.941), and season (P < 0.01; OR: 2.3; CI 95%:0.575-2.426). Clinically, mild skin lesions with mild pruritus were significantly prevalent in buffalo with the infestation by Psoroptes spp. mites (P < 0.001), where 33/51 cases showed mild lesions. Also, psoroptic mites had significant association with inappitence (P < 0.001). The result of the present study indicates that Psoroptes spp. mites are the most prevalent in buffalo in the Nile Delta Region, Egypt. Moreover, recognition of risk factors associated with mange mites in buffalo may enable the practitioner to establish the most appropriate control measures.

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“…Infected humans present pruritic red macules or papules, and even pustules once secondary bacterial infections occur. In addition, Sarcoptes mites are highly contagious and could transmit rapidly by direct or indirect contact between animals of the same species or of different species, between humans, and between animals and humans (Chakrabarti et al 1981;Nayel and Abu-Samra 1986;Arlian et al 1988;Duan et al 2000;Yang et al 2015). However, it has been difficult to confirm whether the mites parasitizing in different host species are the same species at morphological or DNA level (Fain 1968;Pence et al 1975;Skerratt et al 1999Skerratt et al , 2002Walton et al 2004;Alasaad et al Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00436-016-5013-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.…”

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De novo RNA-Seq and functional annotation of Sarcoptes scabiei canis

Zhao

Yang

et al. 2016

Parasitol Res

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The transcriptomic data of Sarcoptes is still lacking in the public database due to the difficulty in extracting high-quality RNA from tiny mites with thick chitin. In this study, total RNA was extracted from live Sarcoptes mites for quality assessment, RNA-Seq, functional annotation, and coding region (CD) prediction and verification. The results showed that the sample JMQ-lngm was qualified for cDNA library construction. Firstly, Agilent 2100 detection showed that the RNA baseline was smooth and the 18S peak was single. Second, the Illumina platform generated 65.78M clean reads and 20,826 unigenes with 35.43M were assembled, occupying 62.98 % of the 56.26M genome. In total, 15,034 unigenes were annotated in seven functional databases. Finally, 13,122 CDs were detected in the 20,826 unigenes, of which 70 complete CDs were matched with Sarcoptes manually in non-redundant nucleotide (NT). Three CDs with indels ≥10 bp were verified. Those results indicated that peritrophin sequences of JMQ-lngm missed 35 bp during the assembly; the pressure-sensitive sodium channel sequences of all the six Sarcoptes scabiei canis isolates were confirmed to be 90 bp shorter than that of a Sarcoptes scabiei hominis isolate; three introns remained in PH chlorine ion channel gating sequences of JMQ-lngm. Moreover, the allergen gene prediction for JMQ-lngm indicated that 61 unigenes were matched with 19 allergen genes of Dermatophagoides, of which Der 1, Der 3, Der 8, and Der 10 had been confirmed in NT. In conclusion, this study successfully completed the RNA-Seq and functional annotation of S. s. canis for the first time, which provides molecular data for future studies on the identification and pathogenic genes of Sarcoptidae.

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Human scabies from contact with water buffaloes infested withSarcoptes scabieivar.bubalis

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A Serosurvey of Multiple Pathogens in American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in Pennsylvania, USA Indicates a Lack of Association with Sarcoptic Mange

A Serosurvey of Multiple Pathogens in American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in Pennsylvania, USA Indicates a Lack of Association with Sarcoptic Mange

Risk factors of infestation by Psoroptes spp. mites in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) at smallholder farms in the Nile Delta region, Egypt

De novo RNA-Seq and functional annotation of Sarcoptes scabiei canis

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