PMID- 31142358
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20191125
LR  - 20200225
IS  - 1756-0500 (Electronic)
IS  - 1756-0500 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 May 29
TI  - Scabies outbreak investigation and risk factors in Kechabira district, Southern 
      Ethiopia: unmatched case control study.
PG  - 305
LID - 10.1186/s13104-019-4317-x [doi]
LID - 305
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Scabies is an infection of the skin, which caused by human itch mite 
      Sarcoptes scabiei. It is a common health problem in Ethiopia, especially during 
      disasters, poor sanitation and overcrowded living condition. However, 
      investigation on scabies outbreak and associated factors was absent or scarce in 
      the country in general and in the study area in particular. Hence, this study was 
      intended to investigate scabies outbreak, identify risk factors, and recommend 
      preventive measures in Kechabira district, Kembata Tembaro zone, Southern 
      Ethiopia. RESULT: We identified a total of 243 scabies cases line listed with 
      overall prevalence of 2.5% and attack rate of (AR) 20.5 per 1000 populations and 
      no death was reported. Of the suspected cases 126 (51.9%) were males and 117 
      (48.1%) were females. The median age was 24 years with inter-quartile range (IQR) 
      of 22 years. The highest cases were seen in children aged 5-14 (50.6%) years. The 
      cases were seen in three villages and the highest incidence was in Burchana, 23.9 
      per 1000 population. Identified determinant factors for scabies outbreak were 
      sharing clothes with scabies patients (AOR = 6.08, 95% CI [1.54-23.92], and 
      households having greater than six family members AOR = 38.755, 95% CI 
      [8.084-185.787].
FAU - Wochebo, Wondimu
AU  - Wochebo W
AD  - Ethiopia Field Epidemiology Training Program, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
FAU - Haji, Yusuf
AU  - Haji Y
AD  - School of Public Health, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
FAU - Asnake, Solomon
AU  - Asnake S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3284-3323
AD  - School of Medical laboratory Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia. 
      asnakesol@yahoo.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190529
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Res Notes
JT  - BMC research notes
JID - 101462768
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Animals
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Disease Outbreaks
MH  - Ethiopia/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sarcoptes scabiei/physiology
MH  - Scabies/*epidemiology/parasitology
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC6542071
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Hobichaka
OT  - Kechabira district
OT  - Outbreak investigation
OT  - Scabies
COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2019/05/31 06:00
MHDA- 2019/11/26 06:00
PMCR- 2019/05/29
CRDT- 2019/05/31 06:00
PHST- 2019/01/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/05/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/05/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/05/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/11/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/05/29 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s13104-019-4317-x [pii]
AID - 4317 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s13104-019-4317-x [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Res Notes. 2019 May 29;12(1):305. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4317-x.