Outbreak of scabies among preschool children, Accra, Ghana, 2017

• Hoofdauteurs: Basil Benduri Kaburi (Auteur), Donne Kofi Ameme (Auteur), George Adu-Asumah (Auteur), Dora Dadzie (Auteur), Emmanuel Kwame Tender (Auteur), Smith Vincent Addeh (Auteur), Theophilus Aryee (Auteur), Adolphina Addo-Lartey (Auteur), Samuel Oko Sackey (Auteur), Fredrick Wurapa (Auteur), Edwin Andrew Afari (Auteur), Ernest Kenu (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Scabies occurs worldwide with a prevalence between 0.3 and 46.0%. In Ghana, even though a 5.1% proportion of scabies was reported in a retrospective review of skin diseases at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the nationwide prevalence of scabies is unknown. Overall, its burden is...