Scabies and impetigo prevalence and risk factors in Fiji: a national survey.

• Main Authors: Lucia Romani (Author), Josefa Koroivueta (Author), Andrew C Steer (Author), Mike Kama (Author), John M Kaldor (Author), Handan Wand (Author), Mohammed Hamid (Author), Margot J Whitfeld (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Scabies is recognised as a major public health problem in many countries, and is responsible for significant morbidity due to secondary bacterial infection of the skin causing impetigo, abscesses and cellulitis, that can in turn lead to serious systemic complications such as septicaemia,...