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Interventions for preventing the spread of infestation in close contacts of people with scabies

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, February 2014
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (79th percentile)
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Title
Interventions for preventing the spread of infestation in close contacts of people with scabies
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, February 2014
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd009943.pub2
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Authors

Deirdre FitzGerald, Rachel J Grainger, Alex Reid

Abstract

Scabies, caused by Sarcoptes scabiei variety hominis or the human itch mite, is a common parasitic infection. While anyone can become infected, it causes significant morbidity in immunocompromised hosts and it spreads easily between human hosts where there is overcrowding or poor sanitation. The most common symptom reported is itch which is worse at night. As the symptoms are attributed to an allergic reaction to the mite, symptoms usually develop between four to six weeks after primary infection. Therefore, people may be infected for some time prior to developing symptoms. During this time, while asymptomatic, they may spread infection to others they are in close contact with. Consequently, it is usually recommended that when an index case is being treated, others who have been in close contact with the index case should also be provided with treatment.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Ecuador 1 <1%
Unknown 161 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 29 18%
Student > Bachelor 26 16%
Student > Postgraduate 14 9%
Researcher 13 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 7%
Other 21 13%
Unknown 48 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 56 35%
Nursing and Health Professions 17 10%
Social Sciences 10 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 8 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 4%
Other 14 9%
Unknown 50 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 09 March 2024.
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#5,189,339
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#7,107
of 11,842 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#48,117
of 237,720 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#148
of 240 outputs
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