Fernández Camporro Á, Navarro Fernández Í, Arcos González P
Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain; Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain.
Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2024 Jan;115(1):T76-T79. doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.10.034. Epub 2023 Nov 3.
Scabies is an ectoparasitic dermatosis caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis mite, which lives and reproduces in humans. Its incidence in Spain has increased in recent years. The aim of this study was to complement existing evidence on the increasing number of scabies cases in our country by analyzing changes in ectoparasiticide prescriptions and Internet searches for scabies infestations measured by Google Trends. We also examined correlations between these two variables. Our results show that public interest in scabies has increased in recent years and is positively and significantly correlated with an increasing use of ectoparasiticides. We believe that Google Trends should be considered as a complementary tool for monitoring real-time trends in scabies infestations in Spain.
疥疮是一种由人疥螨引起的体表寄生虫性皮肤病，该螨虫在人体内存活和繁殖。近年来其在西班牙的发病率有所上升。本研究的目的是通过分析杀寄生虫药处方的变化以及用谷歌趋势衡量的互联网上对疥疮感染的搜索情况，补充我国疥疮病例增多的现有证据。我们还研究了这两个变量之间的相关性。我们的结果表明，近年来公众对疥疮的关注度有所增加，且与杀寄生虫药使用的增加呈正相关且具有显著相关性。我们认为，谷歌趋势应被视为监测西班牙疥疮感染实时趋势的一种补充工具。
