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Amber Louise Bryce

Scabies: What is the parasitic skin disease and why are cases rising in the UK?

When we think of scabies, we tend to think of 19th-century London: its gloomy streets swollen with people covered in rashes, vehemently scratching themselves.

But scabies is far from an itch-inducing nightmare of the past. In fact, cases of the infectious skin disease are reportedly on the rise in the United Kingdom.

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