An increasing scabies incidence in Croatia: A call for coordinated action among dermatologists, physicians and epidemiologists

The aim of our study was to examine the scabies incidence in the Croatian population and to analyse potential related factors. This mixed ecological study is based on a retrospective medical record review. National data from communicable disease reports was sourced and analysed for an 11-year period (2007-2017), with more focus on the period 2014-2017. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate trends. Differences between the groups were studied using Chi-square test and Kendall's tau (τ) correlation coefficient. Levels of significance were set at p