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TL;DR
- Two new adult scabies cases reported in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia.
- A child was also infected recently.
- The cases are not linked, according to an epidemiologist.
- Health officials are in contact with a kindergarten attended by the infected child.
- Close contacts of infected individuals have been warned.
- Dubrovnik recorded 39 scabies cases in 2025, with seven children from the same kindergarten group.
- Around ten cases were noted in a pediatric practice in Kaštel Sućurac last year.
- Simultaneous treatment of families and close contacts is recommended.
- Scabies is a contagious skin disease caused by a mite, primarily spread through close contact.
- The Croatian Institute of Public Health reports an average of 2,000 annual cases nationwide over the past decade.