A community-based validation of the International Alliance for the Control of Scabies Consensus Criteria by expert and non-expert examiners in Liberia

Walker, S

; Collinson, S; Timothy, J

; Zayzay, SK; Kollie, KK; Candy, N; Lebas, E; Halliday, K

; Pullan, RL

; Fallah, M and Marks, M

(2020). A community-based validation of the International Alliance for the Control of Scabies Consensus Criteria by expert and non-expert examiners in Liberia. [Dataset]. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008717.s005

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The International Alliance for the Control of Scabies (IACS) recently published expert consensus criteria for scabies diagnosis. Formal validation of these criteria is needed to guide implementation. We conducted a study to provide detailed description of the morphology and distribution of scabies lesions as assessed by dermatologists and validate the IACS criteria for diagnosis by both expert and non-expert examiners.

Keywords

Scabies; Lesions; Pruritus; Diagnostic medicine; Vesicles; Mites; Skin diseases; Skin infections

Item Type	Dataset
Resource Type	Resource Type Resource Description Dataset Quantitative
Capture method	Physical measurements and tests
Date	5 October 2020
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	Walker, S ; Collinson, S; Timothy, J ; Zayzay, SK; Kollie, KK; Candy, N; Lebas, E; Halliday, K ; Pullan, RL ; Fallah, M and Marks, M
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Funders	Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI UNSPECIFIED Academy of Medical Sciences SGL021\1049 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000691
Date Deposited	19 Mar 2021 10:27
Last Modified	09 Dec 2025 09:31
Publisher	PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases