Ấn Độ thông báo đã kiểm soát kịp thời ổ dịch virus Nipah sau khi phát hiện 2 ca nhiễm tại Tây Bengal – một đợt bùng phát tử thần được xử lý nhanh chóng. #VirusNipah #ẤnĐộ #KiểmSoátDịch #NipahVirus #India #OutbreakControl

https://vtcnews.vn/an-do-thong-bao-o-dich-virus-nipah-da-duoc-kiem-soat-ar1000449.html

I'm quoted in a great WIRED article on surging #scabies cases in Britain (particularly in care homes & universities), & my research on the need to up supply of oral #ivermectin for outbreak control & sexual health clinics. https://www.wired.com/story/scabies-outbreak-uk-europe-treatment-shortages-drug-resistance-permethrin-ivermectin/

#scabies #publichealth #parasitology #outbreakcontrol #medicine #dermatology

I was quoted in The Mail on Sunday yesterday after they interviewed me about the ongoing UK scabies surge & need to up #ivermectin supplies for it (not COVID19!): https://dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12959997/NHS-horse-dewormer-Scabies-ivermectin.html. My related @TheLancet piece: https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32619-4/fulltext

#scabies #publichealth #parasitology #outbreakcontrol #medicine

Great to see Brighton & Sussex Medical School website highlight #scabies work by myself & friends. Our work to control scabies
in institutions spans #refugee camps to #carehomes. To learn more about this & other impact case studies & emerging impact see: https://bsms.ac.uk/research/impact-case-studies-2021.aspx

#publichealth #parasites #microbiology #outbreakcontrol #epidemiology #dermatology

📕 Chuffed to pick up hardcopy of new @springernature Scabies book. Includes my chapter on managing institutional #scabies outbreaks from care homes to refugee camps: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4_29. Abstract + more info➡️

Middleton et al. Scabies Management in Institutions

Abstract
Scabies is a particular problem in semi-closed institutions such as residential settings for elderly people, children and those with learning disabilities; refugee camps and other settings for displaced persons; prisons; schools; hospitals and hostels. What many of these diverse places have in common is a range of transmission drivers which enable scabies to reach very high prevalence including: high densities of potential hosts, social behaviours involving prolonged contact, bed and clothes sharing, manual handling, reduced access to laundry facilities and immunocompromise. We describe the epidemiology of institutional scabies outbreaks across settings, and based primarily on recent and longstanding evidence from adult health care, we draw out general strategic priorities for case management and outbreak control. The tools and information necessary to carry out an epidemiological assessment of an institutional scabies outbreak are provided, along with guidance on control measures. A summary checklist of the key steps to take in responding to an institutional outbreak concludes the chapter.

Thank you to @nihrresearch for funding support.

This is part of the first comprehensive book on scabies, written by experts from across the world. You can order the full 31 chapter ebook and hardback for your uni/clinical library here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4

#NTDs #Scabies #Refugeehealth #carehomes #outbreakcontrol #epidemiology #publichealth #medicalacarology #acarology #prisonhealth #parisitology #globalhealth #parasites