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Scabies: an ancient global disease with a need for new therapies

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2015
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Title
Scabies: an ancient global disease with a need for new therapies
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12879-015-0983-z
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Authors

Jackson Thomas, Greg M Peterson, Shelley F Walton, Christine F Carson, Mark Naunton, Kavya E Baby

Abstract

Scabies is an ancient disease (documented as far back as 2500 years ago). It affects about 300 million people annually worldwide, and the prevalence is as high as about 60 % in Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia. This is more than six times the rate seen in the rest of the developed world. Scabies is frequently complicated by bacterial infection leading to the development of skin sores and other more serious consequences such as septicaemia and chronic heart and kidney diseases. This causes a substantial social and economic burden especially in resource poor communities around the world. Very few treatment options are currently available for the management of scabies infection. In this manuscript we briefly discuss the clinical consequences of scabies and the problems found (studies conducted in Australia) with the currently used topical and oral treatments. Current scabies treatment options are fairly ineffective in preventing treatment relapse, inflammatory skin reactions and associated bacterial skin infections. None have ovicidal, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and/or anti-pruritic properties. Treatments which are currently available for scabies can be problematic with adverse effects and perhaps of greater concern the risk of treatment failure. The development of new chemical entities is doubtful in the near future. Though there may be potential for immunological control, the development of a vaccine or other immunotherapy modalities may be decades away. The emergence of resistance among scabies mites to classical scabicides and ineffectiveness of current treatments (in reducing inflammatory skin reactions and secondary bacterial infections associated with scabies), raise serious concerns regarding current therapy. Treatment adherence difficulties, and safety and efficacy uncertainties in the young and elderly, all signal the need to identify new treatments for scabies.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Nigeria 1 <1%
Mauritius 1 <1%
Unknown 199 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 28 14%
Student > Postgraduate 26 13%
Student > Bachelor 25 12%
Researcher 14 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 6%
Other 40 20%
Unknown 55 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 83 41%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 2%
Other 24 12%
Unknown 58 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 October 2023.
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#1,438,958
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#9
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