%0 Journal Article
%T Are humans the initial source of canine mange?
%A Arezki Izri
%A Charlotte Bernigaud
%A Fang Fang
%A Fran£¿oise Botterel
%A Fran£¿oise Foulet
%A Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Ariey
%A Jacques Guillot
%A Olivier Chosidow
%A R¨¦my Durand
%A Val¨¦rie Andriantsoanirina
%A Weiyi Huang
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13071-016-1456-y
%X Scabies, or mange as it is called in animals, is an ectoparasitic contagious infestation caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. Sarcoptic mange is an important veterinary disease leading to significant morbidity and mortality in wild and domestic animals. A widely accepted hypothesis, though never substantiated by factual data, suggests that humans were the initial source of the animal contamination. In this study we performed phylogenetic analyses of populations of S. scabiei from humans and from canids to validate or not the hypothesis of a human origin of the mites infecting domestic dogs
%K Sarcoptes scabiei
%K Scabies
%K Sarcoptic mange
%K Humans
%K Dogs
%K Canids
%K Host switch
%K Phylogenetic analysis
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4807552/