The incidence and mode of scabies transmission in a district of Czechoslovakia (1961-1979)

An epidemiological analysis was carried out of more than 11 thousand cases of scabies reported in 1961-1979 in the district of Karviná, Czechoslovakia. The paper presents analyses of the incidence of scabies in different age groups of patients divided according to sex and occupation and the results of the epidemiological investigations in family foci. A special attention is paid to the problems of spread of infection in the human population, including the detection of the source and mode of transmission in patients with microscopically confirmed diagnosis. The results obtained serve as a basis for the proposed practical control measures.