[Comment] Scratching the itch: is scabies a truly neglected disease?

Human scabies is a parasitic skin disease that affects people worldwide. To improve public-health decision making, measurement of the global burden of scabies is key. In this issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Chante Karimkhani and colleagues1 report a cross-sectional analysis of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 big data to show a robust estimate of the extent and impact of this ubiquitous mite on human health.1 The GBD project is an international collaboration of experts from 30 countries.
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