Table 1.
Reported episodes of zoonotic scabies. Relevant information on the source of the transmission, country of the episode, epidemic aspect (when more than 2 people were infected) and type of diagnosis. ZS cases observed by Delafond and Bourguignon [7] are not included in this table.
| Country | Epidemic Aspect (Number of People Infected) | Diagnosisin Humans |
References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) | ||||
| Turkey | no | Dermoscopy | [10] | |
| USA | yes (n = 9) | Clinical | [16] | |
| USA | yes (n = 15) | Skin scraping | [17] | |
| South Korea | no | Skin scraping | [18] | |
| USA | yes (n = 10) | Clinical | [19] | |
| Chile | yes (n = 7) | Skin scraping | [9] | |
| South Korea | No | Skin scraping | [20] | |
| UK | No | Clinical | [21] | |
| Brazil | yes (n = 58 *) | Skin scraping/clinical | [22] | |
| USA | - | - | [23] | |
| Egypt | - | - | [24] | |
| USA | yes (n = 4) | Skin scraping | [25] | |
| USA | - | Skin scraping | [26] | |
| Mexico | No | Skin scraping | [27] | |
| USA | yes (n = 22 *) | Clinical/ex- juvantibus | [28] | |
| India | No | - | [29] | |
| USA | yes (n = 7) | Skin scraping | [30] | |
| UK | No | Clinical | [31] | |
| USA | yes (n = 67 *) | - | [32] | |
| Contact with red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) | ||||
| Germany | No | Clinical/ex-juvantibus | [33] | |
| Switzerland | yes (n = 4) | Dermoscopy | [34] | |
| USA | No | Clinical/ex-juvantibus | [8] | |
| Italy | No | Dermoscopy | [35] | |
| Sweden | - | - | [36] | |
| Contact with Bovidae | ||||
| Cow (Bos taurus) |
- | No | Skin scraping | [37] |
| Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) |
India | yes (n = 35) | Skin scraping and clinical | [38] |
| Goat (Capra hircus) |
India | yes | - | [39] |
| India | yes (n = 13) | Skin scraping | [40] | |
| India | No | Skin scraping | [41] | |
| India | yes | - | [42] | |
| Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) | Italy | yes (n = 7) | Clinical | [43] |
| Goitrerd gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) |
Iran | yes (n = 6) | Skin scraping | [44] |
| Contact with horses (Equus caballus) | ||||
| UK | No | Clinical | [45] | |
| UK | No | Clinical | [46] | |
| Contact with wombats (Vombatus ursinus) | ||||
| Australia | yes (n = 3) | Clinical | [47] | |
| Contact with Camelidae | ||||
| Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) |
UK | No | Clinical/ex-juvantibus | [48] |
| Llama, alpaca (Lama glama, Vicugna pacos) |
Germany | No | Clinical | [49] |
| Contact with rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) | ||||
| South Korea | No | Ex-juvantibus | [50] | |
| China | - | - | [51] | |
| China | - | - | [52] | |
| Contact with primates | ||||
| Gibbon (Hylobates leuciscos) |
UK | yes (n = 10) | Dermoscopy | [53] |
| Contact with pigs (Sus scrofa) | ||||
| Switzerland | No | Clinical | [54] | |
| India | yes (n = 30) | Skin scraping/clinical | [55] | |
| Contact with cats (Felis catus) | ||||
| UK | No | Clinical | [56] | |
| Indonesia | No | Clinical | [57] | |
| Taiwan | yes (n = 5) | Clinical | [58] | |
| Australia | No | Clinical | [59] | |
* more than a single epidemic event.