Control of scabies in endemic areas: Is mass drug administration the solution.

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Romani L, Whitfeld MJ, Koroivueta J, Kama M, Wand H, Tikoduadua L, Tuicakau M, Koroi A, Andrews R, Kaldor JM, Steer AC. (Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales; Department of Dermatology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney; Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT; and the Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Group A Streptococcal Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and Department of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Ministry of Women, Children, and Poverty Alleviation and the Ministry of Health, Suva, Fiji.) Mass drug administration for scabies control in a population with endemic disease. N Engl J Med 2015;373 2305–13.