Treatment with ivermectin reduces the high prevalence of scabies in a village in Papua New Guinea.
Bockarie
M J
MJ
Division of Geographic Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospital of Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. mgb12@rabbit.ins.cwru.edu
Alexander
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Kazura
J W
JW
Bockarie
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Griffin
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Alpers
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010219:Papua New Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population; D012532:Scabies / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007306:Insecticides; D007559:Ivermectin