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scabies

[skey-beez, -bee-eez] / ˈskeɪ biz, -biˌiz /




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Health workers have been struggling for more than year to contain a scabies outbreak and manage a tenfold increase in dengue fever.

From Washington Post

Many had scabies, untreated hernia and pneumonia, and were infested lice.

From Los Angeles Times

Some migrants spent weeks sleeping on the floor and diseases like scabies and diphtheria started to spread.

From BBC

He allegedly was infected multiple times with scabies and head lice.

From Washington Post

Stockport Council said people were "cooped up" at an unnamed hotel in the town for a number of months, with some residents being treated for scabies.

From BBC