The epidemiology of scabies in an impoverished community in rural Brazil: Presence and severity of disease are associated with poor living conditions and illiteracy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-443

  Feldmeier, Hermann ^a   Jackson, Anne ^a   Ariza, Liana ^b   Lins Calheiros, Cláudia Maria ^c   de Lima Soares, Valquiria ^c   Oliveira, Fabíola A ^b,d   Hengge, Ulrich R ^d   Heukelbach, Jörg ^b,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

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

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; epidemiology; impoverished community; population based study; risk factors; scabies

Indexed keywords

DELTACID; DELTAMETHRIN; FLOXID; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BATH; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLOTHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFESTATION; LOTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCABIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149106551     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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