Yahmi Ira Setyaningrum, Mohamad Amin, Utami Sri Hastuti, Endang Suarsini
Scabies is a sort of skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis, that a parasites mite species in human skin. These mites could spread and transmitted easily, so it needs to study for the life cycle and the pathogenicity. This research isdone identify and describe the phases in the mite life cycle, and themites pathogenicity. The mites were isolated from student skin tissue from the boarding school at Malang Raya. The research is an observational study. The mite life cycle consists of egg, larva, nymph and imago phases. The mite’s pathogenicity to students is 85% in the form of lesions without secondary infection, the lesions with secondary infections is 15%. This research results is a primary research results information for the next research in order to the scabies prevent in the boarding school students skin. © 2016, Sphinx Knowledge House. All rights reserved.
Malang State University, Indonesia; Biology Department, Malang State University, Indonesia
