Seasonality trends of scabies in a young adult population: A 20-year follow-up

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-159

  Mimouni, Daniel ^a   Ankol, O E ^b   Davidovitch, N ^b   Gdalevich, M ^b   Zangvil, E ^b   Grotto, I ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Military personnel; Scabies; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCABIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SKIN INFECTION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SCABIES; SEASONS;

EID: 0042635603     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05329.x     Document Type: Article

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