High burden and seasonal variation of paediatric scabies and pyoderma prevalence in The Gambia: A cross-sectional study. Main study dataset.

Armitage, E, Senghore, E, Darboe,, S, Momodou, B, Camara, J, Bah, S, Marks, M, Cerami, C, Roca, A, Antonio, M, Turner, CE and De silva, T. 2019. High burden and seasonal variation of paediatric scabies and pyoderma prevalence in The Gambia: A cross-sectional study. Main study dataset. [Online]. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007801.s015

Armitage, E, Senghore, E, Darboe,, S, Momodou, B, Camara, J, Bah, S, Marks, M, Cerami, C, Roca, A, Antonio, M, Turner, CE and De silva, T. High burden and seasonal variation of paediatric scabies and pyoderma prevalence in The Gambia: A cross-sectional study. Main study dataset. [Internet]. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases; 2019. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007801.s015

Armitage, E, Senghore, E, Darboe,, S, Momodou, B, Camara, J, Bah, S, Marks, M, Cerami, C, Roca, A, Antonio, M, Turner, CE and De silva, T (2019). High burden and seasonal variation of paediatric scabies and pyoderma prevalence in The Gambia: A cross-sectional study. Main study dataset. [Data Collection]. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007801.s015

Description

Scabies is a WHO neglected tropical disease common in children in low- and middle-income countries. Excoriation of scabies lesions can lead to secondary pyoderma infection, most commonly by Staphyloccocus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS), with the latter linked to acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) and potentially rheumatic heart disease (RHD). There is a paucity of data on the prevalence of these skin infections and their bacterial aetiology from Africa.

Methods

Data capture method	Experiment
Date (Date published in a 3rd party system)	14 October 2019
Language(s) of written materials	English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Armitage, E, Senghore, E, Darboe,, S, Momodou, B, Camara, J, Bah, S, Marks, M, Cerami, C, Roca, A, Antonio, M, Turner, CE and De silva, T
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom