TY - JOUR AU - Matthews, Alexander AU - Le, Brandon AU - Amaral, Salvador AU - Arkell, Paul AU - Monteiro, Merita AU - Clarke, Naomi AU - Barros, Terlinda AU - de Jesus Mendonça, Joaquim AU - Gusmão, Sonia Maria Exposto AU - dos Reis Seixas, Leonia Maria AU - da Piedade, João Henrique Araújo AU - Engelman, Daniel AU - Steer, Andrew C. AU - Fancourt, Nicholas S. S. AU - Yan, Jennifer AU - Kaldor, John AU - Francis, Joshua R. AU - Nery, Susana Vaz PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/15 TI - Prevalence of scabies and impetigo in school-age children in Timor-Leste JO - Parasites & Vectors SP - 156 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Scabies and impetigo are endemic in many tropical, low- and middle-income countries. Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin has emerged as a control strategy for these conditions. In 2019, Timor-Leste Ministry of Health planned to implement MDA including ivermectin for the control of lymphatic filariasis, so we undertook a baseline assessment of scabies and impetigo to better understand local epidemiology and contribute to future surveys assessing the impact of MDA. SN - 1756-3305 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04645-1 DO - 10.1186/s13071-021-04645-1 ID - Matthews2021 ER -