A regional initiative to reduce skin infections amongst aboriginal children living in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia.

• Main Authors: Ross M Andrews (Author), Therese Kearns (Author), Christine Connors (Author), Colin Parker (Author), Kylie Carville (Author), Bart J Currie (Author), Jonathan R Carapetis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Linked to extreme rates of chronic heart and kidney disease, pyoderma is endemic amongst Aboriginal children in Australia's Northern Territory (NT). Many of those with pyoderma will also have scabies. We report the results of a community-based collaboration within the East Arnhem Region, which...