Millership S, Readman R, Bracebridge S
Department of Health Policy and Public Health, North Essex Health Authority, Collingwood Road, Witham, Essex CM8 2TT.
Commun Dis Public Health. 2002 Jun;5(2):144-6.
Outbreaks of scabies in two homes for the elderly mentally ill in the UK and the use of an oral agent, ivermectin, as a control measure are described. The difficulties of diagnosis and control in this setting are discussed.