Burkhart Craig G
Medical University of Ohio at Toledo, USA.
Dermatol Online J. 2006 Dec 10;12(7):7.
Scabies continues to be a major public health problem. Recent findings reveal that these mites produce substances that modulate the host's immune response resulting in the latency period prior to symptoms. In terms of treatment, two cases of ivermectin resistance have come to fore in Australia in patients treated over fifty times with the agent. Additionally, work in the development of vaccination of hosts with antigenic midgut proteins of mites to control ectoparasitic infestations continues.
疥疮仍然是一个主要的公共卫生问题。最近的研究结果表明，这些螨虫会产生调节宿主免疫反应的物质，从而导致症状出现前的潜伏期。在治疗方面，澳大利亚出现了两例伊维菌素耐药病例，这些患者接受该药物治疗超过五十次。此外，利用螨虫抗原性中肠蛋白对宿主进行疫苗接种以控制体表寄生虫感染的研究仍在继续。
