<p>&nbsp;A total of 264 study participants (88 cases and 176 controls) were included in this study, with a mean age of 12.3 ± 2.0 years for cases and 12.1 ± 2.0 years for controls. Sleeping with scabies-ill person (AOR=4.90; 95%CI: 1.50-15.98), sharing clothes with other scabies infested (AOR=4.90; 95%CI: 1.50-14.62), being from a family size of ≥ 5 (AOR=2.81; 95%CI: 1.16-6.82), history of scabies in the family (AOR=4.39; 95%CI: 1.67-11.58), poor knowledge on scabies (AOR=2.73; 95%CI: 1.07-6.98), and households daily water consumption is less than&nbsp; 40 litres were determinant factors for scabies infestation.</p><p><br></p>