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Molecular identification of head lice collected in Franceville (Gabon) and their associated bacteria
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background Pediculus humanus, which includes two ecotypes (body and head lice), is an obligate bloodsucking parasite that co-evolved with their human hosts over thousands of years, thus providing a valuable source of information to reconstruct the human ...
Celia Scherelle Boumbanda-Koyo +7 more
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Case report: Head lice in the eyelashes. [PDF]
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 2023 Purpose: Head lice infection of the eyelashes and adjacent eyelids is extremely rare. In this case report we present a child with head lice infection of the eyelashes.
Qin T, Lv Y, Gao S, Chai C, Li W.
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Household-wide ivermectin treatment for head lice in an impoverished community: randomized observer-blinded controlled trial [PDF]
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010 OBJECTIVE: To generate evidence on the effectiveness of household-wide treatment for preventing the transmission of pediculosis capitis (head lice) in resource-poor communities.
Daniel Pilger +5 more
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Investigation of the prevalence of Head Lice and Factors Affecting Them in Infected People Referring to Gerash County Health Center [PDF]
International Journal of Epidemiologic Research, 2020 Background and aims: Pediculosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases that affect a wide range of age groups. The prevention of head lice infections promotes the physical and mental health of people in the community.
Elham Rezaee +2 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, is an obligatory blood-sucking ectoparasite, distributed worldwide. Phylogenetically, it occurs in five divergent mitochondrial clades (A–E); each exhibiting a particular geographical distribution. Recent
Celia Scherelle Boumbanda Koyo +7 more
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Molecular screening for Rickettsia, Anaplasma, and Coxiella in head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) collected from primary school girls in Fars Province, Iran (2024) [PDF]
BMC Research NotesObjective Lice are obligate ectoparasites divided into two main families: Pediculidae and Phthiridae. Body lice are known vectors of bacterial pathogens like Rickettsia, which cause diseases such as epidemic typhus and trench fever.
Zahra Nasiri +3 more
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Heliyon, 2020 Background: Head lice infestation is a serious health issue among adolescents in Iran. The primary purpose of the study was to determine the association of head lice infestation with cognitive-behavioral factors in female adolescents.
Towhid Babazadeh +6 more
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Investigation of Head Lice and Intestinal Parasites in Primary and Secondary School in Sivas
Türkiye Parazitoloji DergisiObjective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of intestinal parasites and head lice in primary school-aged children and to determine a possible relationship between the co-occurrence of ecto-endoparasitesMethods:The study were ...
Sevinç Çamdalı +5 more
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Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2016 Conflicting information about the proper treatment of head lice has given rise to uncertainty among patients and treating personnel. For example, the reported efficacy of permethrin fell from 97% in the 1990s to 30% in 2010.Review of the literature based on a selective search of PubMed.In Germany, outbreaks of head lice mainly occur among 5- to 13-year-
Laura, Meister, Falk, Ochsendorf
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Evidence that head and body lice on homeless persons have the same genotype. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Human head lice and body lice are morphologically and biologically similar but have distinct ecologies. They were shown to have almost the same basic genetic content (one gene is absent in head lice), but differentially express certain genes, presumably ...
Aurélie Veracx +4 more
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