Mass scabies management in an orphanage of rural community: An experience

doi:10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.02.014

. 2012 Oct;68(4):403-6.

doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.02.014. Epub 2012 Aug 24.

Mass scabies management in an orphanage of rural community: An experience

Sunil Agrawal¹, Atul Puthia², Atul Kotwal³, Rina Tilak⁴, Renuka Kunte⁵, A S Kushwaha⁵

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¹ ADH, HQ 33 Corps, C/O 99 APO, India.
² DADH, HQ 5 MTN DIV, C/O 99 APO, India.
³ Professor, Dept of Community Medicine, AFMC, Pune 40, India.
⁴ Scientist 'F', Dept of Community Medicine, AFMC, Pune 40, India.
⁵ Associate Professor, Dept of Community Medicine, AFMC, Pune 40, India.

PMID: 24532918
PMCID: PMC3862572
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.02.014

Mass scabies management in an orphanage of rural community: An experience

Sunil Agrawal et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2012 Oct.

. 2012 Oct;68(4):403-6.

doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.02.014. Epub 2012 Aug 24.

Authors

Sunil Agrawal¹, Atul Puthia², Atul Kotwal³, Rina Tilak⁴, Renuka Kunte⁵, A S Kushwaha⁵

Affiliations

¹ ADH, HQ 33 Corps, C/O 99 APO, India.
² DADH, HQ 5 MTN DIV, C/O 99 APO, India.
³ Professor, Dept of Community Medicine, AFMC, Pune 40, India.
⁴ Scientist 'F', Dept of Community Medicine, AFMC, Pune 40, India.
⁵ Associate Professor, Dept of Community Medicine, AFMC, Pune 40, India.

PMID: 24532918
PMCID: PMC3862572
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.02.014

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Keywords: Mass scabies management; Orphange.

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Training of children for re-application.

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Six week follow-up of infected children.

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