Epidemiology and control of scabies in an Egyptian village

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-295

  Hegazy, Aly A ^a   Darwish, Nora M ^a   Abdel Hamid, Ibrahim A ^a   Hammad, Sabry M ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PERMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CROWDING; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PREVALENCE; RURAL HYGIENE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERMETHRIN; PREVALENCE; PYRETHRINS; RURAL POPULATION; SCABIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032928039     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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