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Impact of an Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration on Scabies Prevalence in a Remote Australian Aboriginal Community
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...
Autores principales: | Kearns, Thérèse M., Speare, Richard, Cheng, Allen C., McCarthy, James, Carapetis, Jonathan R., Holt, Deborah C., Currie, Bart J., Page, Wendy, Shield, Jennifer, Gundjirryirr, Roslyn, Bundhala, Leanne, Mulholland, Eddie, Chatfield, Mark, Andrews, Ross M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4627839/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004151 |
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