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Close Encounters With the Environment
What's Eating You? Canine Scabies
Burroughs RF, Elston DM
Cutis. 2003;72:107-109.
Infestation with Sarcoptes scabiei var canis, the causative strain of canine scabies, can produce a pruritic rash in humans. The rash generally manifests within 24 to 96 hours of contact with the affected pet. Scrapings are generally negative, and the correct diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion.

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