scabies
human disease
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Summary
scabies is an infectious disease[1]. scabies ranks in the top 6% of infectious disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,471 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: acarodermatitis[4], acariasis[5], skin infection[6], neglected tropical disease[7], infectious disease[8], disease[9]
- Commons category: Scabies[10]
- ICPC 2 ID: S72[11]
- Afflicts: human[12]
- Symptoms and signs: rash[13], itch[14], fever[15]
- Has cause: Sarcoptes scabiei[16]
- Commons gallery: Scabies[17]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[18], National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23]
- ICD-9-CM: 133.0[24]
- Native label: Manqa[25]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34998[26]
- Different from: Gurr[27]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[28]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: permethrin[29], (E)-crotamiton[30], lindane[31], ivermectin[32], piperonyl butoxide[33]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8295[34], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:8295[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[36], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
Why It Matters
scabies has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] scabies is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]