Scabies and risk of skin sores in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: A self-controlled case series study

Thu Zar Aung Phyo; Will Cuningham; Kerry Hwang; Ross M Andrews; Jonathan Carapetis; Therese Kearns; Danielle Clucas; Jodie McVernon; Julie Ann Simpson; Steven Tong; Patricia Therese Campbell

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Scabies and risk of skin sores in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: A self-controlled case series study

Thu Zar Aung Phyo, Will Cuningham, Kerry Hwang, Ross M Andrews, Jonathan Carapetis, Therese Kearns, Danielle Clucas, Jodie McVernon, Julie Ann Simpson, Steven Tong, Patricia Therese Campbell

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006668

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Trish Campbell Author Doherty Institute

Steven Tong Author Doherty Institute

Julie Simpson Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Ross Andrews Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Jodie McVernon Author Doherty Institute

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Optimising Intervention Strategies To Reduce The Burden Of Group A Streptococcus In Aboriginal Communities

Skin sores are highly prevalent in remote Australian Indigenous communities and can lead to invasive infections and rheumatic heart disease...

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Funding Acknowledgements

The project is partly supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant #1098319. JMV is supported by an NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (#1117140); ST is supported by a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (#1145033); and JAS is supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (#1104975). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.