1 to 3 weeks 1. Exclude from school until verification of treatment. Communicable as long as fungi can be recovered. Contact with man or animal infected with the fungus or its spores, and by contact with contaminated articles. Scabies Itching, scratch marks, or burrow marks.
Common sites are thighs, belt line, wrists, elbows, webs of fingers.
Scratching may cause secondary infections or rash. Days to weeks 1. Exclude from school until adequately treated. Communicable until treated. Family should be examined.