Scabies Outbreak in Afghanistan Calls for Urgent International Response

Wazir Ahmad Saraj; Abdul Wahab Ahadi; Ranjit Sah; Ahmad Neyazi

doi:10.56101/rimj.v3i2.125

Authors

Wazir Ahmad Saraj Herat Regional Hospital
Abdul Wahab Ahadi Herat Regional Hospital
Ranjit Sah Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
Ahmad Neyazi Afghanistan Center for Epidemiological Studies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56101/rimj.v3i2.125

Abstract

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Author Biographies

Wazir Ahmad Saraj, Herat Regional Hospital

Department of Dermatology, Herat Regional Hospital, Herat, Afghanistan

Abdul Wahab Ahadi, Herat Regional Hospital

Department of Dermatology, Herat Regional Hospital, Herat, Afghanistan

Ranjit Sah, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital

Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

Department of Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra, India

Ahmad Neyazi, Afghanistan Center for Epidemiological Studies

Afghanitan Center for Epidemiological Studies, Herat, Afghanistan

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