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Scabies: a neglected parasitic disease we already know how to treat

  • Written by Andrew Steer, Group Leader, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne. Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
imageChildren living in tropical countries and in poverty often have high rates of infection with the scabies mite. UNICEF Ethiopia/flickr , CC BY-NC-ND

Mites living in your skin are just the start of the problems that come with having scabies.

The highly infectious parasitic condition is linked with extreme itchiness, bacterial infections and kidney...

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