The Prevalence of Scabies and Impetigo in the Solomon Islands: A Population-Based Survey.

• Main Authors: Daniel S Mason (Author), Michael Marks (Author), Oliver Sokana (Author), Anthony W Solomon (Author), David C Mabey (Author), Lucia Romani (Author), John Kaldor (Author), Andrew C Steer (Author), Daniel Engelman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

BACKGROUND:Scabies and impetigo are common, important and treatable skin conditions. Reports from several Pacific island countries show extremely high prevalence of these two conditions, but for many countries, including the Solomon Islands, there is a paucity of epidemiological data. METHODOLOGY:Te...