Success of a scabies control program in an Australian Aboriginal community

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 494-499

  Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a   Connors, Christine ^a   Yarmirr, Daisy ^b   Krause, Vicki ^c   Currie, Bart J ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Disease Control Centre   (Australia)

^c Minjilang Health Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; prevention; pyoderma; Scabies

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA; SCABIES; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERMETHRIN; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PYODERMA; PYRETHRINS; SCABIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030919577     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199705000-00008     Document Type: Article

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