Scabies and Impetigo Prevalence and Risk Factors in Fiji: A National Survey

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Romani, Lucia ^a   Koroivueta, Josefa ^b   Steer, Andrew C ^c   Kama, Mike ^d   Kaldor, John M ^a   Wand, Handan ^a   Hamid, Mohammed ^e   Whitfeld, Margot J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Ministry for Social Welfare   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

^e Mugda 500 Bed General Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL BENZOATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIJI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCABIES; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCABIES;

EID: 84928787096     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003452     Document Type: Article

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