ReviewTropical medicine and infectious disease2018
Control Strategies for Scabies.
Review in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global prevalence and predictors of scabies among prisoners: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Risk factors for scabies in hospital: a systematic review.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Mass Drug Administration for the Control of Scabies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence and associated factors of scabies in Ethiopia: systematic review and Meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Pooled it
- Scabies outbreak in Bangladesh: a growing public health crisis.IJID regions · 2025Review
- The Central Role of Th2 Immune Response in Inflammatory Dermatoses: From Pathogenesis to Targeted Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Detecting spatial clusters of human scabies in Tigray, Ethiopia from 2018 to 2023.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Ivermectin-Based Mass Drug Administration for Scabies in Northern India: A Single-Arm Community Intervention Trial.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Prevalence ofIJID regions · 2024Article
- Scabies: Immunopathogenesis and pathological changes.Parasitology research · 2024Review
- Plasmonic Fluorescence Sensors in Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases.Biosensors · 2024Review
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- Burden of scabies in a Ghanaian penitentiary.PloS one · 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
- Modelling mass drug administration strategies for reducing scabies burden in Monrovia, Liberia.Epidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Community-Led Data Collection: Enhancing Local-Level Scabies Surveillance in Remote Aboriginal Communities in Australia.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Scabies incidence and association with skin and soft tissue infection in Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia: A 15-year retrospective observational study using electronic health records.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Observational
- The efficacy of sampling strategies for estimating scabies prevalence.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Estimation of scabies prevalence using simplified criteria and mapping procedures in three Pacific and southeast Asian countries.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Scabies outbreak during COVID-19: an Italian experience.International journal of dermatology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Scabies is a neglected tropical disease of the skin, causing severe itching and stigmatizing skin lesions. Further, scabies leads to impetigo, severe bacterial infections, and post-infectious complications. Around 200 million people are affected, particularly among disadvantaged populations living in crowded conditions in tropical areas. After almost 50 years, research into scabies control has shown great promise, particularly in highly-endemic island settings, but these findings have not been widely adopted. Newer approaches, utilizing ivermectin-based mass drug administration, appear feasible and highly effective. Inclusion of scabies in the WHO portfolio of neglected tropical diseases in 2017 may facilitate renewed opportunities and momentum toward global control. However, further operational research is needed to develop evidence-based strategies for control in a range of settings, and monitor their impact. Several enabling factors are required for successful implementation, including availability of affordable drug supply. Integration with existing health programs may provide a cost-effective approach to control.
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