出版社：International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
摘要：Scabies is a contagious disorder of skin caused by a mite called human itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. Anepidemiological study of scabies was conducted from district Haripur to evaluate the prevalence and theimportant risk factors responsible for the spread of scabies. The study was conducted in General populationfrom (February – April 2013).Surveys were carried out in general population comprising 200 families ofdistrict Haripur. Out of two hundred families in general population, 81 were scabetic showing a prevalence rateof 40.5%.Considering an individual as a unit, 109cases were detected, out of these total samples of 1193individuals, 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 scabieschanging with educational level. The distribution of the number of cases per family followed a Poissondistribution, demonstrating that all the families surveyed were equally exposed to the risk of scabies.
