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Deterministic approaches for head lice infestations and treatments [PDF]
Infectious Disease Modelling, 2020 Pediculus humanus capitis are human ectoparasites which cause infestations, mostly in children, worldwide. Understanding the life cycle of head lice is an important step in knowing how to treat lice infestations, as the parasite behavior depends ...
Noemi Castelletti +1 more
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Head lice infestations: A clinical update. [PDF]
Paediatr Child Health, 2018 Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) infestations are not a primary health hazard or a vector for disease, but they are a societal problem with substantial costs. Diagnosis of head lice infestation requires the detection of a living louse. Although pyrethrins and permethrin remain first-line treatments in Canada, isopropyl myristate/ST-cyclomethicone ...
Cummings C, Finlay JC, MacDonald NE.
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Scabies, Bedbug, and Body Lice Infestations: A Review. [PDF]
JAMAImportanceScabies, bedbug, and body lice infestations are caused by organisms that live on or in the skin, on clothing, or in the environment and commonly cause pruritus and rash. In 2021, approximately 622 million incident cases of scabies occurred globally. Data on bedbug infestations are limited.
Thomas C +3 more
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Farmed salmonids drive the abundance, ecology and evolution of parasitic salmon lice in Norway
Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2021 Sea cage fish farming is typically open to the environment, with disease transmission possible between farmed and wild hosts. In salmonid aquaculture, salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis infestations cause production losses, reduce welfare for farmed ...
T Dempster +8 more
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Infestation and Distribution of Ectoparasitic Insects on the White-Footed Indochinese Rat (Rattus nitidus) in Southwest China [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesBackground: Ectoparasitic insects (fleas and sucking lice) on rodents can serve as vectors of some zoonotic diseases. Objective: To investigate the insect infestation and distribution on white-footed Indochinese rats (Rattus nitidus) in southwest China ...
Ya-Nan Li +6 more
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Prevalence and Susceptibility Status of Body Louse (Pediculus humanus humanus) (Anoplura: Pediculidae) to Deltamethrin in Urmia City, Iran (2024) [PDF]
Journal of Arthropod-Borne DiseasesBackground: The body louse spreads diseases such as epidemic typhus and louse-borne relapsing fever and has shown resistance to various insecticides.
Samira Firooziyan +4 more
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Severe Lice Infestation in Patient of Atopic Dermatitis [PDF]
Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care, 2022 A 13-year-old female came to us with the complaint of severe itching in her scalp, low-grade fever, loss of weight, and enlarged occipital lymph node. The patient was having very severe infestations of lice in her scalp. The patient was very anxious and
Shamail Zia +4 more
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JAAD International, 2021 Background: Common cutaneous infestations and arthropod bites are not reportable conditions in most countries. Their worldwide epidemiologic evolution and distribution are mostly unknown. Objective: To explore the evolution and geographic distribution of
Thierry Simonart, MD, PhD +2 more
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Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2021 Salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis pose a major threat to the sustainable development of salmonid farming. To investigate effects of farm-origin salmon lice on wild salmonids, salmon lice dynamics are typically simulated using models that depend on ...
LC Stige +3 more
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Head lice infestations: A clinical update. [PDF]
Paediatr Child Health, 2008 europepmc +4 more sources