Treatment with ivermectin reduces the high prevalence of scabies in a village in Papua New Guinea

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-130

  Bockarie, M J ^a   Alexander, N D E ^b   Kazura, J W ^a   Bockarie, F ^b   Griffin, L ^b   Alpers, M P ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Ivermectin; Lymphatic filariasis; Mass treatment; Onchocerciasis; Sarcoptes scabiei; Scabies

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PERMETHRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; SCABIES; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCABIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 0033968814     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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