Sarcoptes scabiei infestation among children in a displacement camp in Sierra Leone

Public Health

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 208-211

  Terry, B C ^a   Kanjah, F ^b   Sahr, F ^a   Kortequee, S ^a   Dukulay, I ^a   Gbakima, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzyl benzoate; Children; Displacement camps; Overcrowding; Scabies infestation; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN DEFECT; THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 0034983551     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900748     Document Type: Article

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