Abstract
Five human cases involved in two families infested with feline scabies, Notoedres cati Hering, 1838,were reported. Notoedrosis in the present patients had its source in scabby cats kept as an animal pet. The eruptions observed on the skin were diagnostically similar to those of human scabies caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, but no mites nor scabby tunnels were found in the skin of the patients. Human cases of feline scabies infestation in Japan were also discussed.
