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        Host Immune Response to Scabies

        Scabies infection is associated with heightened total IgE immunoglobulin and IgE antibodies to scabies antigens, with both being extremely high for crusted scabies patients. The IgE antibodies cross-react with house dust mite allergens with high reactivity found to the minor allergen arginine kinase. ...

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        See, Treat, Prevent Skin Sores and Scabies (SToP) Trial

        Asha Jonathan Hannah Tracy Stephanie Marianne MEDIA ENQUIRIES Bowen Carapetis AM Thomas McRae Enkel Mullane Community-led Healthy Skin Resources What ...

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        Impetigo and scabies - Disease burden and modern treatment strategies

        Recent data on the epidemiology of impetigo and scabies and describe the current evidence around approaches to individual and community based treatment ...

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        National Healthy Skin Guideline; for the Prevention, Treatment and Public Health Control of Impetigo, Scabies, Crusted Scabies and Tinea for Indigenous Populations and Communities in Australia

        Asha Jonathan Marianne Bowen Carapetis AM Mullane AC JR MM BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BSc (OT) Team Lead, Healthy ...

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        The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action

        Scabies causes considerable morbidity and leads to severe bacterial infection and immune-mediated disease ...

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        Morbidity of Scabies in Resource-Limited Countries: Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) and Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (APSGN)

        Scabies is one of the world’s most prevalent diseases, with approximately 147 million cases at any one time and an estimated annual incidence of 455 million new episodes. Although Group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis has long been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and subsequent rheumatic heart disease (RHD), impetigo caused by GAS has recently been postulated as a link between scabies and the pathogenesis of ARF. ...

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        Treatment, prevention and public health management of impetigo, scabies, crusted scabies and fungal skin infections in endemic populations: a systematic review

        Systematic review of the treatment, prevention and public health control of skin infections in resource-limited settings where skin infections are endemic ...

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        Costs of mass drug administration for scabies in Fiji

        In 2019, the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in partnership with the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services carried out an integrated mass drug administration (MDA) for the treatment of scabies and lymphatic filariasis in the Northern Division of Fiji. We conducted a retrospective micro-costing exercise focused on the cost of scabies control in order to inform budgeting and policy decision making in an endemic setting. ...

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        Molecular Detection of Scabies by PCR Using a Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Approach

        Asha Bowen AC BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Areas of expertise: ...

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        A diagnostic test for scabies: IgE specificity for a recombinant allergen of Sarcoptes scabiei

        Scabies infestations are difficult to diagnose clinically and current serologic tests have less than 50% accuracy... ...

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