The global epidemiology of impetigo: A systematic review of the population prevalence of impetigo and pyoderma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Bowen, Asha C ^a,b,c   Mahé, Antoine ^d   Hay, Roderick J ^e,f   Andrews, Ross M ^a   Steer, Andrew C ^g,h   Tong, Steven Y C ^a,i   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^b,c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Pasteur Hospital   (France)

^e International Foundation for Dermatology   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARIBBEAN; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PYODERMA; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; PREVALENCE; PYODERMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84943327710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136789     Document Type: Article

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