A scabies outbreak in the North East Region of Ghana: The necessity for prompt intervention

• Yaw Ampem Amoako ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yamoako2002@gmail.com

  Affiliations Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3014-4334

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• Richard Odame Phillips,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Joshua Arthur,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0315-784X

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• Mark Ayaaba Abugri,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation East Mamprusi District Health Directorate, Gambaga, Ghana

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• Emmanuel Akowuah,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8151-8615

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• Kwabena Oppong Amoako,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Benjamin Aboagye Marfo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Programme, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Michael Frimpong,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Tjip van der Werf,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands

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• Sofanne Jacobine Ravensbergen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands

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• Ymkje Stienstra

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands

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