Clinical features and associated morbidity of scabies in a rural community in Alagoas, Brazil

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-502

  Jackson, Anne ^a   Heukelbach, Jörg ^b   Filho, Arthur Ferreira Da Silva ^c   Campelo Jr , Evônio De Barros ^c   Feldmeier, Hermann ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Clinical features; Community based study; Morbidity; Scabies

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MORBIDITY; PARASITIC DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE; FEMALE; FOOT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECK; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCABIES; SCALP; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PRURITUS; SLEEP DISORDER; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SCABIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUPERINFECTION;

ALAGOAS; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247336875     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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