Short report: The potential of PCR on skin flakes from bed linens for diagnosis of scabies in an outbreak

BACKGROUND: Scabies outbreaks are common in nursing homes in the Netherlands. In October 2018, a local public health service (PHS) in The Hague was notified of a new scabies outbreak in a nursing home in that region. The PHS initiated an outbreak investigation. Cases were defined as: possible (repor...

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Autores principales: Tjon-Kon-Fat, Raïssa, Peckeu, Laurène, Hahné, Susan, de Coster, Eric, Tas, Wendy, Wintermans, Bas, Bergmans, Anneke, Petrignani, Mariska, Fanoy, Ewout
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34125837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009485

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34125837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009485

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