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  • Regularly washing and cleaning were of vital importance in the fight against a whole range of serious diseases; for example, the itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei, which lives and lays eggs in the skin of people who lead an unhygienic life, or dangerous mold.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Regularly washing and cleaning were of vital importance in the fight against a whole range of serious diseases; for example, the itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei, which lives and lays eggs in the skin of people who lead an unhygienic life, or dangerous mold.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Regularly washing and cleaning were of vital importance in the fight against a whole range of serious diseases; for example, the itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei, which lives and lays eggs in the skin of people who lead an unhygienic life, or dangerous mold.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Regularly washing and cleaning were of vital importance in the fight against a whole range of serious diseases; for example, the itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei, which lives and lays eggs in the skin of people who lead an unhygienic life, or dangerous mold.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Here's a plush Sarcoptes scabei mite (responsible for all those mangey coyotes and bears ...) posted by Chad Arment @ 6: 55 PM

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • Life cycle of Sarcoptes scabei, the causal agent of Scabies.

    Scabies 2008

  • Scabies is an infestation of the skin with the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabei.

    Scabies 2008

  • The most common form of scabies in pigspigs is the one caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. suds, which burrows into the skin and causes intense itching.

    Chapter 13 1994

  • Contagious skin infestation caused by a mite, Sarcoptes scabiei.

    Chapter 9 1993

  • Back in the surgery I put my skin scraping under the microscope and the nasty little Sarcoptes scabei looked up at me.

    Every living thing Herriot, James 1992

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