Increasing incidence of reported scabies infestations in the Netherlands, 2011-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Several Public Health Services and general practitioners in the Netherlands observed an increase in scabies in the Netherlands. Since individual cases of scabies are not notifiable in the Netherlands, the epidemiological situation is mostly unknown. To investigate the scabies incidence in the Netherlands, we described the epidemiology of scabies between 2011 and 2021.

Methods

Two national data sources were analysed descriptively. One data source obtained incidence data of scabies (per 1,000 persons) of persons consulting in primary care from 2011-2020. The other data source captured the number of prescribed scabicides in the Netherlands from 2011-2021. To describe the correlation between the incidence of diagnoses and the number of dispensations between 2011 and

SUBMITTER: van Deursen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231777 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature