Efficacy of ivermectin mass-drug administration to control scabies in asylum seekers in the Netherlands:A retrospective cohort study between January 2014 - March 2016
Scabies is a skin infestation with the mite Sarcoptes scabiei causing itch and rash and is a major risk factor for bacterial skin infections and severe complications. Here, we evaluated the treatment outcome of 2866 asylum seekers who received (preventive) scabies treatment before and during a scabies intervention programme (SIP) in the main reception centre in the Netherlands between January 2014 and March 2016. A SIP was introduced in the main national reception centre based on frequent observations of scabies and its complications amongst Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum seekers in the Netherl... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Beeres , D T , Ravensbergen , S J , Heidema , A , Cornish , D , Vonk , M , Wijnholds , L D , Hendriks , J J H , Kleinnijenhuis , J , Omansen , T F & Stienstra , Y 2018 , ' Efficacy of ivermectin mass-drug administration to control scabies in asylum seekers in the Netherlands : A retrospective cohort study between January 2014 - March 2016 ' , PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases , vol. 12 , no. 5 , e0006401 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006401 |
Schlagwörter: | MANAGEMENT / DISEASE |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27600448 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/3d94520d-511d-4612-8ea6-2b94eef90638 |