June 1, 2017 Thesis Open Access

Serawit Elias

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  "description": "<p>Background: Scabies is an allergic response to an infestation of the skin by the scabies mite.<br>\nLymphadenopathy, acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and rheumatic fever are<br>\ncomplications related with scabies due to secondary bacterial infection. World health<br>\norganization listed the problem as one of the neglected tropical diseases. Regional health bureau<br>\nwas notified about the outbreak on September 24/2016. Investigation and control activities were<br>\nstarted on October 13/2016.The aim of the investigation was to identify source, control the<br>\noutbreak and assess risk factors associated with it.<br>\nMethods: We employed descriptive followed by unmatched case-control study design in a ratio<br>\nof 1:2. Patients were recruited from temporary treatment sites. Controls were recruited from the<br>\nnearby community by house to house visit and ensuring no scabies patient in the family.<br>\nAdditionally, line listing of cases was done to carry out descriptive analysis. Structured<br>\nquestionnaire was used to collect data.<br>\nResult:<br>\nDescriptive: The outbreak started in March and ended in October 2016. We line listed 1958<br>\n(males 1092 and females 866) patients with scabies. One thousand two hundred eighty eight<br>\n(65%) were less than 15 years of age. Age ranged from 2 month to 84 years with median age of<br>\n12years. Overall attack rate was 4%. The outbreak affected 15 kebeles (Lowest government<br>\nstructure) from the total of 84</p>", 
  "license": "http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by", 
  "creator": [
    {
      "@type": "Person", 
      "name": "Serawit Elias"
    }
  ], 
  "headline": "Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology", 
  "image": "https://zenodo.org/static/img/logos/zenodo-gradient-round.svg", 
  "datePublished": "2017-06-01", 
  "url": "https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et/record/3816", 
  "@context": "https://schema.org/", 
  "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:3816", 
  "@id": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:3816", 
  "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", 
  "name": "Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology"
}