Scabies outbreaks in residential care homes: Factors associated with late recognition, burden and impact. A mixed methods study in England

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1542-1551

  Hewitt, K A ^a,b   Nalabanda, A ^a,c   Cassell, J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; occupation related infections; outbreaks; public health; scabies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RASH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCABIES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NURSING HOME; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES;

EID: 84926421313     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814002143     Document Type: Article

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