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A scabies outbreak in the North East Region of Ghana: The necessity for prompt intervention

BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of data on scabies from Ghana. In September 2019, local health authorities in the East Mamprusi district of northern Ghana received reports of scabies from many parts of the district. Due to on-going reports of more cases, an assessment team visited the communities to a...

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Autores principales:	Amoako, Yaw Ampem, Phillips, Richard Odame, Arthur, Joshua, Abugri, Mark Ayaaba, Akowuah, Emmanuel, Amoako, Kwabena Oppong, Marfo, Benjamin Aboagye, Frimpong, Michael, van der Werf, Tjip, Ravensbergen, Sofanne Jacobine, Stienstra, Ymkje
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7787682/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33351803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008902

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