Prevalence and associated factors of scabies among schoolchildren in Dabat district, northwest Ethiopia, 2018

• Main Authors: Henok Dagne (Author), Awrajaw Dessie (Author), Bikes Destaw (Author), Walelegn Worku Yallew (Author), Zemichael Gizaw (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Scabies is a skin infestation caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei that causes a pruritic skin eruption. In Ethiopia, the disease is common especially during natural or manmade disasters such as flooding, drought, civil war and conflict, poor water supply and sanitation, and over...