Professor Andrew Steer

Professor Andrew Steer

Director Infection and Immunity, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; School of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

Reaching critical mass to end scabies

Australian and Pacific researchers are spearheading a global effort to eradicate scabies, a skin condition caused by a tiny parasitic mite that leads to ‘traumatic itching’ in millions of people every year