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Zoonotic Episodes of Scabies: A Global Overview

open access: yesPathogens, 2022
Zoonotic scabies (ZS), also referred to as “pseudoscabies”, is considered a self-limiting disease with a short incubation period and transient clinical skin signs.
Barbara Moroni   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The public health importance of scabies in community domiciliary care settings: an exploratory cross-sectional survey of health protection teams in England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Scabies is a contagious skin infection commonly occurring in institutions such as care homes. However, a large proportion of vulnerable people in England receive domiciliary care in the community and their experience of scabies has not been described. We
Cassell, Jackie A   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The 2020 International Alliance for the Control of Scabies Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Scabies

open access: yesBritish Journal of Dermatology, 2020
Scabies is a common parasitic skin condition that causes considerable morbidity globally. Clinical and epidemiological research for scabies has been limited by a lack of standardization of diagnostic methods.
Daniel Engelman   +36 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Increased Scabies Incidence at the Beginning of the 21st Century: What Do Reports from Europe and the World Show?

open access: yesLife, 2022
Reports from various countries have described increasing numbers of scabies cases, especially in the past two decades. The epidemiological data for various world regions showed prevalence estimates ranging from 0.2% to 71%, with the highest prevalence in
Marija Delaš Aždajić   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Introduction Several Public Health Services and general practitioners in the Netherlands observed an increase in scabies in the Netherlands. Since individual cases of scabies are not notifiable in the Netherlands, the epidemiological situation is mostly ...
Babette van Deursen   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Scabies by Kenneth Mellamby [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Book Review of Scabies by Kenneth Mellamby. Second Edition. E.W.
Newson, Harold D
core   +2 more sources

Scabies: update on treatment and efforts for prevention and control in highly endemic settings.

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022
Scabies is a contagious parasitic skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei infestation which can be transmitted through direct or indirect contact. WHO classified scabies as a neglected tropical disease.
Sandra Widaty   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does training of Health Extension Workers reduce scabies load in district health facilities in rural Ethiopia?

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
Introduction: In 2017, Ethiopia included scabies management within the responsibility of health extension workers. In Kamba (the intervention district) workers were trained on scabies management. Whereas, in Arba Minch Zuria (the control district) there
Tigist Gezmu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The CebE/MsiK transporter is a doorway to the cello-oligosaccharide-mediated induction of Streptomyces scabies pathogenicity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Streptomyces scabies is an economically important plant pathogen well-known for damaging root and tuber crops by causing scab lesions. Thaxtomin A is the main causative agent responsible for the pathogenicity of S.
Jourdan, Samuel   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Community perspectives on scabies, impetigo and mass drug administration in Fiji: A qualitative study.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Scabies is endemic in Fiji and is a significant cause of morbidity. Little is known about the sociocultural beliefs and practices that affect the occurrence of scabies and impetigo, or community attitudes towards the strategy of mass drug administration ...
Elke Mitchell   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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