The epidemiology of scabies in an impoverished community in rural Brazil: Presence and severity of disease are associated with poor living conditions and illiteracy

Scabies Prevalence and Risk Factors in Pakistan: A Hospital Based Survey

“…No or little seasonal difference was found in study areas with less contrasted climate [11,20]. Crowding may also justify the higher prevalence of scabies in urban vs rural patients, which is consistent with findings in Brazil, where scabies was twice as prevalent in a densely populated urban slum as in a rural community where families lived in larger spaces [20].…”

“…The complex relationships between low socioeconomic status, overcrowding, risk behavior, proportion of individuals infested, and the spread of S. scabiei in the developing world have been clearly addressed in the recent literature [11,14,15,29]. In this study, evidence showed that scabies was remarkably more prevalent amongst lower income groups, and that risk behavior, namely sharing of household items, was also more common in these cohorts.…”

“…The self-developed questionnaire enclosed information on gender, age, residence, itching in close contacts, social habits, and the economic status of the patient. The patients were divided into seven age groups: preschool children (≤4 years), first school children (5-9 years), pre-adolescents (10-14 years), adolescents (15-19 years), early adults (20-39 years), middle adults (40-59 years), and late adults (≥ 60 years) according to [11]. The economic status of the patients was evaluated by the month family income in Pak rupees and divided into three categories: low (<15,000 Pak rupees/month), middle (15,000-50,000 Pak rupees/ month) and high (>50,000 Pak rupees/month).…”

The Importance of Scabies Coinfection in the Treatment Considerations for Impetigo

“…This finding differs from a previous study in the same region that reported scabies to be more prevalent in children less than 1 year old 27 but is similar to the high scabies burden throughout childhood reported from Africa, South America and Fiji. 23,28,29 In an impoverished community in rural Brazil, it was reported that the highest prevalence of scabies was in children 4 years or younger. 28 In a study performed in Sierra Leone, the reported prevalence of scabies was as high as 77.0% in the under 5 year olds and up to 86.0% in the 5-9 years old.…”

A Comparative Study of Oral Ivermectin and Topical 5% Permethirn Cream in the Treatment of Scabies in Patient Suffering from Diabetes Mellitus

“…Lesions consist of tiny gray specks, burrow, or both non specific lesions consists of papules and itchy excoriation and crusts. The lesions are usually found in inter digital folds, nipples, areolas and the periumbilical area 6 . Disease control requires treatment of the affected individual and all people they have been contact with, but is often hampered by inappropriate or delayed diagnosis, poor treatment compliance, and improper use of topical compounds such as benzyl benzoate 7 .…”