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Occupational Scabies in Healthcare Workers (with Reply)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2016

A. Voss
Affiliation:
University Hospital St. Radboud, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
C. Wallrauch
Affiliation:
University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Munich, Germany
Jacyr Pasternak
Affiliation:
Real Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficiencia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rosana Richtmann
Affiliation:
Real Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficiencia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Antonio P.P. Ganme
Affiliation:
Real Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficiencia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
EdwaI A.C. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Real Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficiencia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fermina B.M. Silva
Affiliation:
Real Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficiencia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Maria de Lourdes Hirata
Affiliation:
Real Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficiencia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Suely Ciosak
Affiliation:
Real Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficiencia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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