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Scabies

Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Scabies is one of the most common and highest-burden skin diseases globally. Estimates suggest that >200 million people worldwide have scabies at any one time, with an annual prevalence of 455 million people, with children in impoverished and overcrowded settings being the most affected.
Ziebold C, Crane JS.
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Prevalence of scabies and associated factors among children aged 5-14 years in Meta Robi District, Ethiopia.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundScabies is a public health problem that affects children and elders predominantly. Its burden is higher in resource-poor settings, and scabies has a significant impact on the long-term health of children.
Gemechu Ararsa, Emiru Merdassa, Tesfaye Shibiru, Werku Etafa   +3 more
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Beliefs, attitudes and practices towards scabies in central Ghana.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundScabies commonly affects poor populations in low-middle-income countries. The WHO has advocated for country-driven and country-owned control strategies.
Yaw Ampem Amoako, Lotte Suzanne van Rietschoten, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Kwabena Oppong Amoako, Kabiru Mohammed Abass, Bernard Akoto Anim, Dennis Odai Laryea, Richard Odame Phillips, Ymkje Stienstra   +8 more
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Scabies incidence and association with skin and soft tissue infection in Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia: A 15-year retrospective observational study using electronic health records.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundScabies and its complications are a public health problem in the low- and middle-income countries of the Western Pacific region. However, no data are available for the relatively wealthy French territory of New Caledonia.
Yves-Marie Ducrot, Enzo Bruno, Jean-Marc Franco, Loïc Raffray, Samuel Beneteau, Antoine Bertolotti   +5 more
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Prospective study in a porcine model of sarcoptes scabiei indicates the association of Th2 and Th17 pathways with the clinical severity of scabies. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BackgroundUnderstanding of scabies immunopathology has been hampered by the inability to undertake longitudinal studies in humans. Pigs are a useful animal model for scabies, and show clinical and immunologic changes similar to those in humans.
Kate E Mounsey, Hugh C Murray, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Cielo Pasay, Deborah C Holt, Bart J Currie, Shelley F Walton, James S McCarthy   +7 more
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Cloth sharing with a scabies case considerably explains human scabies among children in a low socioeconomic rural community of Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2023
Background In 2020, scabies were integrated into the WHO roadmap for neglected tropical diseases, aimed at ending the negligence to realize the SDGs.
Fekadie Melese, Asmamaw Malede, Tadesse Sisay, Abraham Geremew, Mesfin Gebrehiwot, Lebasie Woretaw, Getu Atanaw, Jember Azanaw, Mihret Melese, Hailemariam Feleke   +9 more
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Crusted Scabies, a Neglected Tropical Disease: Case Series and Literature Review [PDF]

Infectious Disease Reports, 2022
Crusted scabies is a rare form of scabies that presents with more severe symptoms than those of classic scabies. It is characterized by large crusted lesions, extensive scales, thick hyperkeratosis, and contains a large number of highly contagious itch ...
Nurdjannah Jane Niode, Aryani Adji, Shienty Gazpers, Renate T. Kandou, Herry E. J. Pandaleke, Dwi Martina Trisnowati, Christy B Tumbelaka, Elrovita Donata, Fauziyyah Nurani Djaafara, Hendrix Indra Kusuma, Ali A. Rabaan, Mohammed Garout, Souad A. Almuthree, Hatem M. Alhani, Mohammed Aljeldah, Hawra Albayat, Mohammed Alsaeed, Wadha Alfouzan, Firzan Nainu, Kuldeep Dhama, Harapan Harapan, Trina Ekawati Tallei   +21 more
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Scabies epidemiology in health care centers for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundScabies is a global health concern disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations such as refugees and asylum seekers. Greece is a main point of entry in Europe for refugees, but epidemiological data on scabies in this population are ...
Christina Louka, Emmanouil Logothetis, Daniel Engelman, Eirini Samiotaki-Logotheti, Spyros Pournaras, Ymkje Stienstra   +5 more
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An Itchy Problem: A Clinical Case of Crusted Scabies [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2017
Scabies is an infestation of the skin by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. A more severe form called crusted or Norwegian scabies may occur in immunosuppressed patients and the elderly.
António Araújo Ferreira, Alexandra Esteves, Yolanda Mahia, Aristóteles Rosmaninho, Augusta Silva   +4 more
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Scabies as a part of the World Health Organization roadmap for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030: what we know and what we need to do for global control

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2021
Background Scabies is an under-recognized global health problem with an unacceptably high prevalence in many settings worldwide. Fortunately, the World Health Organization (WHO) has formally designated scabies as a neglected tropical disease in 2017, in ...
Amal A. El-Moamly
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