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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her aunt said the child had poured hot water over herself to relieve terrible itching caused by scabies .
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If a further infection occurs in some one who has already suffered from scabies , the course of events may be very different.
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In a medical centre they found dreadful cases of malnutrition, scabies and diarrhoea.
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It is not for nothing that scabies is commonly known as the itch.
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Prolonged contact with some one who has scabies is the most likely method of transmission.
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She would even bring street urchins into the presidential palace to bathe them and treat their scabies and give them a meal.
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Skin diseases, such as impetigo or scabies , are transmitted by direct contact.
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The average number of mites found in a case of scabies is about ten.