Impact of an Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration on Scabies Prevalence in a Remote Australian Aboriginal Community.

• Главные авторы: Thérèse M Kearns (Автор), Richard Speare (Автор), Allen C Cheng (Автор), James McCarthy (Автор), Jonathan R Carapetis (Автор), Deborah C Holt (Автор), Bart J Currie (Автор), Wendy Page (Автор), Jennifer Shield (Автор), Roslyn Gundjirryirr (Автор), Leanne Bundhala (Автор), Eddie Mulholland (Автор), Mark Chatfield (Автор), Ross M Andrews (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Scabies is endemic in many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, with 69% of infants infected in the first year of life. We report the outcomes against scabies of two oral ivermectin mass drug administrations (MDAs) delivered 12 months apart in a remote Australian Aboriginal...