The incidence of certain skin diseases in Western Samoa: A preliminary survey
- 1 December 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 44 (3) , 319-332
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(50)90060-5
Abstract
Scabies and impetigo are common skin infections among the natives of Western Samoa and it is believed possible that the lesions so produced may serve as the portals of entrance of the organism causing yaws.Keywords
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