Epidemiology of scabies

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-126

  Fuller, L Claire ^a,b  

^a International Foundation for Dermatology   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; Neglected tropical disease; Pyoderma; Renal impairment; Rheumatic heart disease; Scabies; Staphylococcus; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

LINDANE;

ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECZEMA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; PYODERMA; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SCABIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84874933121     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32835eb851     Document Type: Review

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