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Scabies community prevalence and mass drug administration in two Fijian villages
BACKGROUND: Scabies has been estimated to affect approximately 300 million people worldwide each year. Scabies rates are high and pose a significant public health problem in Fiji. Community-based comparison treatment trials have not been undertaken. We estimated scabies prevalence and compared the e...
Autores principales: | Haar, Karin, Romani, Lucia, Filimone, Raikanikoda, Kishore, Kamal, Tuicakau, Meciusela, Koroivueta, Josefa, Kaldor, John M, Wand, Handan, Steer, Andrew, Whitfeld, Margot |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BlackWell Publishing Ltd
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4282484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24168177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijd.12353 |
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