“Doctors treat scabies by prescribing a medicated cream or lotion to kill the mites.”

“They sometimes develop crusted scabies, with thickened skin and possibly thousands of mites.”

“Other typically much larger organisms, including parasites such as lice, worms and scabies can also spread from person to person.”

“The Random House College Dictionary defines DDT as an insecticide, a scabicide, and a pediculicide and says that it's also called by a 31-letter word.”