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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 +3 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 +7 more
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Efficacy of ivermectin mass-drug administration to control scabies in asylum seekers in the Netherlands: A retrospective cohort study between January 2014 - March 2016. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 Scabies is a skin infestation with the mite Sarcoptes scabiei causing itch and rash and is a major risk factor for bacterial skin infections and severe complications.
Dorien T Beeres +9 more
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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 +9 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 +4 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 +5 more
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Failure of scabies treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
British Journal of Dermatology, 2023 BACKGROUND Treatment failure is considered as an important factor for the increase in scabies incidence over the last decade. However, the regional and temporal differences as well as predictors of therapy failure are unclear.
Lawrence Mbuagbaw +14 more
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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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Prevalence of scabies worldwide—An updated systematic literature review in 2022
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2023 Scabies is a World Health Organization‐defined neglected tropical disease, with continuously rising incidence worldwide in recent years. The aim of this study was to provide an update of the worldwide prevalence and new treatment approaches of scabies in
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Medicine, 2023 Scabies is a neglected tropical disease that continues to have global impacts and long-term health consequences. It is caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabei var.
Jacob Al-Dabbagh +2 more
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