How long can scabies live on clothes
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How Scabies Spreads
Understanding risk
Scabies can spread easily under crowded conditions where close body and skin contact is frequent.
Crusted scabies
Places where scabies outbreaks more commonly occur include· Nursing homes· Extended care facilities· Detention facilities including jails and prisons· Childcare facilities· Homeless shelters or encampments
- Nursing homes
- Extended care facilities
- Detention facilities including jails and prisons
- Childcare facilities
- Homeless shelters or encampments
A quick handshake or hug will not usually spread scabies.
Scabies is spread to close personal contacts with whom you have prolonged, direct skin-to-skin contact or share bedding or clothing, such as sexual partners and household members.
Crusted scabies is a more severe and contagious form of scabies.
It spreads quickly and easily, even from limited direct contact or from contaminated bedding, clothing, or furniture.
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