title: Epidemiologic approach to community dermatology.
abstract: A survey on communicable dermatoses in economically weak villages in India showed wide variations in prevalence rates in similar ecologic setup. A skin diseases, on-spot-treatment, 1-day-camp was organized to treat 1787 subjects in five villages. Two applications of 1% lindane 1 week apart was the only treatment used without attending to hygiene for scabies and pediculosis. Application of 1% gentian violet with four daily doses of sulfamethoxy-pysidazine was administered for pyoderma. The cure rate for scabies and pediculosis was 86%. Epidemiologic determinants of communicable dermatoses are the most important factors in the practice of community dermatology.
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003153:Community Health Services; D003880:Dermatology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012424:Rural Population; D012532:Scabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D014005:Tinea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy