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High burden and seasonal variation of paediatric scabies and pyoderma prevalence in The Gambia: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Scabies is a WHO neglected tropical disease common in children in low- and middle-income countries. Excoriation of scabies lesions can lead to secondary pyoderma infection, most commonly by Staphyloccocus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS), with the latter lin...

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Autores principales: Armitage, Edwin P., Senghore, Elina, Darboe, Saffiatou, Barry, Momodou, Camara, Janko, Bah, Sulayman, Marks, Michael, Cerami, Carla, Roca, Anna, Antonio, Martin, Turner, Claire E., de Silva, Thushan I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31609963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007801