Overview
- Summarizes the current state of the art in Scabies research
- Treats both basic research and clinically relevant topics
- Enables readers to gain a comprehensive overview to important aspects of this Neglected Tropical Disease
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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History of Scabies
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Parasitology and Basic Research
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Epidemiology and Burden of Scabies: Public Health Issues
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Clinical Manifestations and Management
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About this book
This volume is the first one of its kind, providing an insight into all aspects of the skin disease which is causing considerable morbidity and mortality. Chapters are all written by dedicated experts in their respective area of interest making the publication a must have for all scientists and clinicians as well as public health specialists dedicated to Scabies research in any aspect.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Katja Fischer is a Group Leader at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane. She completed her undergraduate training as a molecular parasitologist at the University of Freiburg, Germany, followed by a PhD in molecular biology of malaria parasites at the University of Würzburg, Germany, followed by post doc positions at QIMR Berghofer MRI. She became Laboratory Head in 2007 and Group Leader in 2013. Her laboratory at the QIMR Berghofer MRI is one of very few groups worldwide providing since 2003 continuously crucial biomedical research towards reducing scabies and associated secondary infections.
Olivier CHOSIDOW is Professor of Dermatology and past chair of the Department of Dermatology at the University Paris-est Creteil, Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France. Dermatologist since 1987, he obtained his PhD in clinical pharmacology in 1995 and graduated in clinical epidemiology in 1997. He was President of the French Society of Dermatology in2013-2014, is an external advisor of the ILDS (International League of Dermatological Societies)-WHO committee, belongs to the IACS (International Alliance for the Control of Scabies) steering committee, and is an ISD (International Society of Dermatology) board member. He received an EADV (European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology) clinical care award in 2015 and an ILDS certificate of appreciation in 2016.
He is mainly involved in Skin Infectious Diseases since his internship including scabies and other ectoparasitic diseases (and necrotizing fasciitis, a potential complication of scabies). He is heading numerous randomized clinical trials, mostly academic, granted by the French Ministry of Health. As a clinician researcher, he authored more than 550 articles, including NEJM, Lancet/Lancet ID, BMJ, JAAD, JAMA Dermatology, BJD, JID, IJD, and delivered more than 600 talks at the national, European and international level.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Scabies
Editors: Katja Fischer, Olivier Chosidow
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26069-8Published: 26 October 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26072-8Due: 26 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-26070-4Published: 25 October 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 482
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 68 illustrations in colour
Topics: Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology