Crusted scabies: A molecular analysis of Sarcoptes scabiei variety hominis populations from patients with repeated infestations

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1226-1230

  Walton, Shelley F ^a   McBroom, James ^a   Mathews, John D ^a   Kemp, David J ^a   Currie, Bart J ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES;

EID: 0033509786     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313466     Document Type: Article

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