ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017
The Epidemiology of Scabies and Impetigo in Relation to Demographic and Residential Characteristics: Baseline Findings from the Skin Health Intervention Fiji Trial.
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- Prevalence and determinants of scabies: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2024Pooled it
- Global prevalence and predictors of scabies among prisoners: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and associated factors of scabies in Ethiopia: systematic review and Meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Pooled it
- The Prevalence of Scabies, Skin Infection and Rheumatic Heart Disease in a Cross-Sectional Study of Tongan Primary School Children.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2026Article
- A Clinical Prediction Model to Assist Screening Patients for Scabies in Primary Care.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2025Article
- Benchmarking bias in embeddings of healthcare AI models: using SD-WEAT for detection and measurement across sensitive populations.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
- The global, regional, and national patterns of change in the burden of bacterial pyoderma from 1990 to 2019 and the forecast for the next decade.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Acceptability of a nationwide scabies mass drug administration (MDA) program in Fiji: a qualitative interview-based study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- Infection patterns of scabies and tinea between inland and resettled indigenous Negrito communities in Peninsular Malaysia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Prevalence and determinants of impetigo in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Costs of primary healthcare presentations and hospital admissions for scabies and related skin infections in Fiji, 2018-2019.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Living in a large family and low daily water consumption substantially expose for human scabies in rural Ethiopia: a matched analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Cloth sharing with a scabies case considerably explains human scabies among children in a low socioeconomic rural community of Ethiopia.Tropical medicine and health · 2023Article
- Increased Scabies Incidence at the Beginning of the 21st Century: What Do Reports from Europe and the World Show?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Diagnostics to support the control of scabies-Development of two target product profiles.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Costs of mass drug administration for scabies in Fiji.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Risk factors for scabies, tungiasis, and tinea infections among schoolchildren in southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional Bayesian multilevel model.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- A facility and community-based assessment of scabies in rural Malawi.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Risk factors associated with scabies infestation among primary schoolchildren in a low socio-economic area in southeast of Iran.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Applications of Systems Science to Understand and Manage Multiple Influences within Children's Environmental Health in Least Developed Countries: A Causal Loop Diagram Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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Abstract
Scabies and associated impetigo are under-recognized causes of morbidity in many developing countries. To strengthen the evidence base for scabies control we undertook a trial of mass treatment for scabies. We report on the occurrence and predictors of scabies and impetigo in participants at baseline. Participants were recruited in six island communities and were examined for the presence of scabies and impetigo. In addition to descriptive analyses, logistic regression models were fit to assess the association between demographic variables and outcome of interest. The study enrolled 2051 participants. Scabies prevalence was 36.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] 34.3-38.5), highest in children 5-9 years (55.7%). Impetigo prevalence was 23.4% (95% CI 21.5-25.2) highest in children aged 10-14 (39.0%). People with scabies were 2.8× more likely to have impetigo. The population attributable risk of scabies as a cause of impetigo was 36.3% and 71.0% in children aged less than five years. Households with four or more people sharing the same room were more likely to have scabies and impetigo (odds ratios [OR] 1.6, 95% CI 1.2-2.2 and OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.6-3.2 respectively) compared to households with rooms occupied by a single individual. This study confirms the high burden of scabies and impetigo in Fiji and the association between these two conditions, particularly in young children. Overcrowding, young age, and clinical distribution of lesion are important risk factors for scabies and impetigo. Further studies are needed to investigate whether the decline of endemic scabies would translate into a definite reduction of the burden of associated complications.
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