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Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021

INTRODUCTION: Several Public Health Services and general practitioners in the Netherlands observed an increase in scabies in the Netherlands. Since individual cases of scabies are not notifiable in the Netherlands, the epidemiological situation is mostly unknown. To investigate the scabies incidence...

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Autores principales: van Deursen, Babette, Hooiveld, Mariëtte, Marks, Susan, Snijdewind, Ingrid, van den Kerkhof, Hans, Wintermans, Bas, Bom, Ben, Schimmer, Barbara, Fanoy, Ewout
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9231777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35749401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268865
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author van Deursen, Babette
Hooiveld, Mariëtte
Marks, Susan
Snijdewind, Ingrid
van den Kerkhof, Hans
Wintermans, Bas
Bom, Ben
Schimmer, Barbara
Fanoy, Ewout
author_facet van Deursen, Babette
Hooiveld, Mariëtte
Marks, Susan
Snijdewind, Ingrid
van den Kerkhof, Hans
Wintermans, Bas
Bom, Ben
Schimmer, Barbara
Fanoy, Ewout
author_sort van Deursen, Babette
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description INTRODUCTION: Several Public Health Services and general practitioners in the Netherlands observed an increase in scabies in the Netherlands. Since individual cases of scabies are not notifiable in the Netherlands, the epidemiological situation is mostly unknown. To investigate the scabies incidence in the Netherlands, we described the epidemiology of scabies between 2011 and 2021. METHODS: Two national data sources were analysed descriptively. One data source obtained incidence data of scabies (per 1,000 persons) of persons consulting in primary care from 2011–2020. The other data source captured the number of prescribed scabicides in the Netherlands from 2011–2021. To describe the correlation between the incidence of diagnoses and the number of dispensations between 2011 and 2020, we calculated a correlation coefficient. RESULTS: The incidence of reported scabies has increased by more than threefold the last decade (2011–2020), mainly affecting adolescents and (young) adults. This was also clearly reflected in the fivefold increase in dispensations of scabicide medication during 2011–2021. The incidence and dispensations were at an all-time high in 2021. We found a strong correlation between the reported incidence and the number of dispensations between 2011 and 2020. CONCLUSIONS: More awareness on early diagnosis, proper treatment and treatment of close contacts is needed.
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spelling pubmed-92317772022-06-25 Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021 van Deursen, Babette Hooiveld, Mariëtte Marks, Susan Snijdewind, Ingrid van den Kerkhof, Hans Wintermans, Bas Bom, Ben Schimmer, Barbara Fanoy, Ewout PLoS One Research Article INTRODUCTION: Several Public Health Services and general practitioners in the Netherlands observed an increase in scabies in the Netherlands. Since individual cases of scabies are not notifiable in the Netherlands, the epidemiological situation is mostly unknown. To investigate the scabies incidence in the Netherlands, we described the epidemiology of scabies between 2011 and 2021. METHODS: Two national data sources were analysed descriptively. One data source obtained incidence data of scabies (per 1,000 persons) of persons consulting in primary care from 2011–2020. The other data source captured the number of prescribed scabicides in the Netherlands from 2011–2021. To describe the correlation between the incidence of diagnoses and the number of dispensations between 2011 and 2020, we calculated a correlation coefficient. RESULTS: The incidence of reported scabies has increased by more than threefold the last decade (2011–2020), mainly affecting adolescents and (young) adults. This was also clearly reflected in the fivefold increase in dispensations of scabicide medication during 2011–2021. The incidence and dispensations were at an all-time high in 2021. We found a strong correlation between the reported incidence and the number of dispensations between 2011 and 2020. CONCLUSIONS: More awareness on early diagnosis, proper treatment and treatment of close contacts is needed. Public Library of Science 2022-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9231777/ /pubmed/35749401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268865 Text en © 2022 van Deursen et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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van Deursen, Babette
Hooiveld, Mariëtte
Marks, Susan
Snijdewind, Ingrid
van den Kerkhof, Hans
Wintermans, Bas
Bom, Ben
Schimmer, Barbara
Fanoy, Ewout
Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021
title Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021
title_full Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021
title_fullStr Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021
title_full_unstemmed Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021
title_short Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011–2021
title_sort increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the netherlands, 2011–2021
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9231777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35749401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268865
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