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- E Amato1,2, LS Dansie3, GM Grøneng4, HS Blix3, H Bentele5, L Veneti6, P Stefanoff6, E MacDonald6, HH Blystad7, A Soleng8
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Department for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 2 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Fellowship Programme/EUPHEM, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Department of Drug Statistics, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 4 Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modelling, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 5 Antibiotic Resistance and Infection Prevention, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 6 Department Zoonotic, Food- and Waterborne Infections, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 7 Tuberculosis, Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 8 Department of Pest Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence:Ettore AmatoEttore.Amato fhi.no
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Citation style for this article: Amato E, Dansie LS, Grøneng GM, Blix HS, Bentele H, Veneti L, Stefanoff P, MacDonald E, Blystad HH, Soleng A. Increase of scabies infestations, Norway, 2006 to 2018. Euro Surveill. 2019;24(23):pii=190020. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.23.190020 Received: 17 May 2019; Accepted: 05 Jun 2019
Increase of scabies infestations, Norway, 2006 to 2018
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Between October and December 2018, several clinicians in Norway reported an increase in scabies diagnoses. We compared data from the Norwegian Syndromic Surveillance System on medical consultations for mite infestations with scabies treatment sales data to investigate this reported increase. From 2013 to 2018, consultations and sales of scabies treatments had almost increased by threefold, particularly affecting young adults 15–29 years. We recommend to increase awareness among clinicians to ensure timely diagnosis and treatment.
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Increase of scabies infestations, Norway, 2006 to 2018
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