[Articles] The global burden of scabies: a cross-sectional analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

The burden of scabies is greater in tropical regions, especially in children, adolescents, and elderly people. As a worldwide epidemiological assessment, GBD 2015 provides broad and frequently updated measures of scabies burden in terms of skin effects. These global data might help guide research protocols and prioritisation efforts and focus scabies treatment and control measures.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - September 20, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Chante Karimkhani, Danny V Colombara, Aaron M Drucker, Scott A Norton, Roderick Hay, Daniel Engelman, Andrew Steer, Margot Whitfeld, Mohsen Naghavi, Robert P Dellavalle Tags: Articles Source Type: research