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Review
. 2013 Aug 8;7(8):e2167.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002167. eCollection 2013.

Toward the global control of human scabies: introducing the International Alliance for the Control of Scabies

Daniel Engelman  1 , Karen Kiang, Olivier Chosidow, James McCarthy, Claire Fuller, Patrick Lammie, Roderick Hay, Andrew Steer; Members Of The International Alliance For The Control Of Scabies
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Review

Toward the global control of human scabies: introducing the International Alliance for the Control of Scabies

Daniel Engelman et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Complications of scabies infestation.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Hand of an adolescent girl in Fiji, demonstrating scabies infestation with typical secondary bacterial infection.
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