A patient has an itchy groin rash after having sex with a new partner. Their mother then develops itchy lesions between the webs of their fingers (assume the mother is not in a sexual relationship with the son). The mother's clinician diagnoses scabies. What type of microorganism causes this infection? Why can there be different types of presenting symptoms?

A patient has an itchy groin rash after having sex with a new partner. Their mother then develops itchy lesions between the webs of their fingers (assume the mother is not in a sexual relationship with the son). The mother's clinician diagnoses scabies. What type of microorganism causes this infection? Why can there be different types of presenting symptoms?

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