Scabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia: A narrative review.

Scabies has recently gained international attention, with the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizing it as a neglected tropical disease. The International Alliance for the Control of Scabies recently formed as a partnership of more than 15 different countries, with an aim to lead a consistent a...

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Autores principales:	Prudence Gramp, Dallas Gramp
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/b6eb0547cfcc4fbaaf0bc042882cde51
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b6eb0547cfcc4fbaaf0bc042882cde512021-12-02T20:24:00ZScabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia: A narrative review.1935-27271935-273510.1371/journal.pntd.0009751https://doaj.org/article/b6eb0547cfcc4fbaaf0bc042882cde512021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009751https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735Scabies has recently gained international attention, with the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizing it as a neglected tropical disease. The International Alliance for the Control of Scabies recently formed as a partnership of more than 15 different countries, with an aim to lead a consistent and collaborative approach to preventing and controlling scabies globally. Scabies is most prevalent in low-resource and low socioeconomic areas that experience overcrowding and has a particularly high prevalence in children, with an estimated 5% to 10% in endemic countries. Scabies is widespread in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia with the prevalence of scabies in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in remote communities estimated to be as high as 33%, making it the region with the third highest prevalence in the world. This population group also have very high rates of secondary complications of scabies such as impetigo, poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN), and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). This article is a narrative review of scabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia, including clinical manifestations of disease and current treatment options and guidelines. We discuss traditional approaches to prevention and control as well as suggestions for future interventions including revising Australian treatment guidelines to widen the use of oral ivermectin in high-risk groups or as a first-line treatment.Prudence GrampDallas GrampPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleArctic medicine. Tropical medicineRC955-962Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 9, p e0009751 (2021)
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description	Scabies has recently gained international attention, with the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizing it as a neglected tropical disease. The International Alliance for the Control of Scabies recently formed as a partnership of more than 15 different countries, with an aim to lead a consistent and collaborative approach to preventing and controlling scabies globally. Scabies is most prevalent in low-resource and low socioeconomic areas that experience overcrowding and has a particularly high prevalence in children, with an estimated 5% to 10% in endemic countries. Scabies is widespread in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia with the prevalence of scabies in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in remote communities estimated to be as high as 33%, making it the region with the third highest prevalence in the world. This population group also have very high rates of secondary complications of scabies such as impetigo, poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN), and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). This article is a narrative review of scabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia, including clinical manifestations of disease and current treatment options and guidelines. We discuss traditional approaches to prevention and control as well as suggestions for future interventions including revising Australian treatment guidelines to widen the use of oral ivermectin in high-risk groups or as a first-line treatment.
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title	Scabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia: A narrative review.
title_short	Scabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia: A narrative review.
title_full	Scabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia: A narrative review.
title_fullStr	Scabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia: A narrative review.
title_full_unstemmed	Scabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia: A narrative review.
title_sort	scabies in remote aboriginal and torres strait islander populations in australia: a narrative review.
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Scabies in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia: A narrative review.

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