The global burden of scabies: a cross-sectional analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous population-based studies have documented high prevalence of scabies in overcrowded settings, particularly among children and in tropical regions. We provide an estimate of the global burden of scabies using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2015.

Methods

We identified scabies epidemiological data sources from an extensive literature search and hospital insurance data and analysed data sources with a Bayesian meta-regression modelling tool, DisMod-MR 2·1, to yield prevalence estimates. We combined prevalence estimates with a disability weight, measuring disfigurement, itch, and pain caused by scabies, to produce years lived with disability (YLDs). With an assumed zero mortality from scabies, YLDs were equivalent to disability-adjusted life

SUBMITTER: Karimkhani C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5700804 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature