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Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021
PLoS 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
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Scabies: update on treatment and efforts for prevention and control in highly endemic settings.
Journal 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
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Scabies: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2021 BACKGROUND Scabies is a skin infestation whose incidence is apparently rising. METHODS This review is based on pertinent articles retrieved by a selective search of PubMed on diagnosis and treatment strategies.
C. Sunderkötter, J. Wohlrab, H. Hamm
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The public health importance of scabies in community domiciliary care settings: an exploratory cross-sectional survey of health protection teams in England [PDF]
, 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
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Journal 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
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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 +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Background Scabies is a major global public health issue that might affect people from all socioeconomic levels. Globally, scabies affects more than 200 million people at any time.
Bisrat A. Misganaw +3 more
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Scabies by Kenneth Mellamby [PDF]
, 2017 Book Review of Scabies by Kenneth Mellamby. Second Edition. E.W.
Newson, Harold D
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Community management of endemic scabies in remote aboriginal communities of northern Australia: low treatment uptake and high ongoing acquisition. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009 BACKGROUND: Scabies and skin infections are endemic in many Australian Aboriginal communities. There is limited evidence for effective models of scabies treatment in high prevalence settings.
Sophie La Vincente +5 more
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Comparison of topical benzyl benzoate vs. oral ivermectin in treating scabies: A randomized study
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2022 Scabies is an itchy, parasitic infection of the skin. Recent reports indicate there is a decreasing efficacy of the standard treatment of choice, topical 5% permethrin cream.
D. Meyersburg +6 more
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