Ignoring the "Itch": The Global Health Problem of Scabies

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 97; no. 6; pp. 1647 - 1649
• Main Authors: Stamm, Lola V, Strowd, Lindsay C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Administration, Cutaneous; Antiparasitic Agents - therapeutic use; Developing Countries; Disease Outbreaks; Global Health; Humans; Ivermectin - therapeutic use; Permethrin - therapeutic use; Piece; Prevalence; Pruritus - drug therapy; Pruritus - epidemiology; Pruritus - parasitology; Scabies - drug therapy; Scabies - epidemiology; Scabies - transmission; Skin - drug effects; Skin - microbiology; Skin - parasitology; Skin Cream - therapeutic use; Skin Diseases, Bacterial - drug therapy; Skin Diseases, Bacterial - epidemiology; Skin Diseases, Bacterial - parasitology

Infestation with var. is a common human parasitic affliction endemic in tropical developing countries. Scabies is transmitted by close person-person contact, and outbreaks have been reported in reception centers for asylum seekers. Scabies presents clinically as extremely pruritic excoriated papules...