background: infestation of the skin by the “itch mite” sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis results in a contagious skin infection in humans called “sca-bies”. by resolving morphology issues, the present study was designed to be acquainted with itch mite by molecular markers. methods: the mite samples were collected from scabies patients by visiting government hospitals of twin city, pakistan. for su...

BACKGROUND Infestation of the skin by the "itch mite" Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis results in a contagious skin infection in humans called "scabies". By resolving morphology issues, the present study was designed to be acquainted with itch mite by molecular markers. METHODS The mite samples were collected from scabies patients by visiting government hospitals of twin City, Pakistan. For suc...

never demonstrated.1 The itch (in French "la gale") is a disease characterized by violent itching, pimples and scabs on the skin. Today it is accepted that the itching is due to an insect, the sarcoptes, burrowing tunnels into the dermis in order to deposit its eggs, cutting through both the dermis and the small vessels in its path. The tissue reacts, creating small vesicles filled with a serou...

I. Cross-mating of various populations of Pycvnotcs obtained from laboratory insect cultures demonstrated that the strawitch mite is a single, widely dispersed species, different from P.z~cntricoszts, which was probably associated with the furniture beetle. 2. P.ventricoszcs should not be the approved scientific name for the straw itch mite. The correct name for the straw itch mite is Pj?en~otc...

Sarcoptes scabiei ("itch mite") causes scabies, a disease of considerable human and veterinary significance. Little work has been done at the molecular level because of the difficulty of obtaining mites. We have used mites in skin from the bedding of crusted scabies patients for the construction of a library of 10(5) cDNAs from S. scabiei var. hominis cloned in the vector pGEX4T-2. We describe ...

Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) kinase is a central regulator of the DNA damage response and its loss of function leads to the development of Ataxia Telangiectasia, a rare genetic disorder characterized by several features among which cerebellar neuron degeneration which causes ataxia, telangiectasia, immune system abnormalities, higher predisposition to lymphoma and leukaemia development a...

Allergic rhinitis affects up to 40% of children but is commonly undiagnosed. Careful assessment of nasal symptoms allows for the most appropriate therapeutic options to be chosen. Allergen avoidance is often difficult in practice. Antihistamines are of limited benefit in allergic rhinitis caused by house dust mite and other perennial allergens, where symptoms, predominantly nasal obstruction, a...

Molecular studies on scabies, a disease of considerable human and veterinary significance, have been limited because of the difficulty of obtaining the causative organism Sarcoptes scabiei, the "itch mite." We have used skin from the bedding of crusted scabies patients as a source of mites for the construction of libraries of cDNAs from S. scabiei var. hominis in the bacteriophage lambda vector...

Scabies, a parasitic skin infestation by the burrowing "itch" mite Sarcoptes scabiei, causes significant health problems for children and adults worldwide. Crusted scabies is a particularly severe form of scabies in which mites multiply into the millions, causing extensive skin crusting. The symptoms and signs of scabies suggest host immunity to the scabies mite, but the specific resistant resp...