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

• Main Authors: Thérèse M Kearns (Author), Richard Speare (Author), Allen C Cheng (Author), James McCarthy (Author), Jonathan R Carapetis (Author), Deborah C Holt (Author), Bart J Currie (Author), Wendy Page (Author), Jennifer Shield (Author), Roslyn Gundjirryirr (Author), Leanne Bundhala (Author), Eddie Mulholland (Author), Mark Chatfield (Author), Ross M Andrews (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...