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Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 2005
Pediculosis capitis is a worldwide public health concern. Infestation occurs most commonly in children, with a peak incidence between 5 to 11 years of age. The condition is more common in girls and less common in Black children. Direct head-to-head contact is the most common mode of transmission. Pruritus is the most common symptom of infestation.
Alexander K C, Leung +2 more
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Pediculosis capitis is a worldwide public health concern. Infestation occurs most commonly in children, with a peak incidence between 5 to 11 years of age. The condition is more common in girls and less common in Black children. Direct head-to-head contact is the most common mode of transmission. Pruritus is the most common symptom of infestation.
Alexander K C, Leung +2 more
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Hoofdluis / Pediculosis capitis [PDF]
Huisarts en Wetenschap, 2008 Infectie met hoofdluis komt wereldwijd veel voor, met name onder schoolkinderen. Veel scholen voeren een (secundair) preventief beleid waarbij ‘luizenouders’ de kinderen op de aanwezigheid van luizen controleren.
Arie Knuistingh Neven +2 more
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An Epidemic of Pediculosis Capitis
The Journal of Parasitology, 1977An epidemic due to Pediculus humanus capitis occurred in the public schools of Buffalo, New York, in the winter of 1973. A survey at one elementary school showed that 20% of whites and no blacks were infested, and a city-wide prevalence survey during the academic year September 1972 to May 1973 showed that 7.2% of all pupils were infested.
Mary Lou Fleissner +5 more
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Pediculosis capitis in northern Jordan
International Journal of Dermatology, 2000Abstract Background Little is known about the prevalence of pediculosis among school students in northern Jordan.Objective To study the incidence of pediculosis among school students of different socio‐economic levels in northern Jordan.Method A total of 2519 school students of both sexes enrolled in eight elementary governmental schools were ...
Mohamad K. Nusier, Zuhair S. Amr
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A treatment for pediculosis capitis
Public Health, 1943As part of a general program to devise methods for the control of typhus fever a systematic study was undertaken with a view to determining the louse-killing properties of various chemical agents. My purpose in this paper is to present results obtained by the use of some of these chemical agents in the control of head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis ...
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American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2011
Spinosad 0.9% suspension is a topical treatment for head-lice infestation (pediculosis capitis) that has been approved in the US as a prescription medicine. Spinosad is a natural mixture of the pediculicidal tetracyclic macrolides spinosyn A and spinosyn D.
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Spinosad 0.9% suspension is a topical treatment for head-lice infestation (pediculosis capitis) that has been approved in the US as a prescription medicine. Spinosad is a natural mixture of the pediculicidal tetracyclic macrolides spinosyn A and spinosyn D.
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PEDIULOSIS CAPITIS IN ISTANBUL
International Journal of Dermatology, 1993Abstract Background. Pediculosis capitis is a worldwide problem. We studied the prevalence of this infestation in Istanbul. Methods. We reviewed the records of the Dermatology Clinic of istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty from a 20–year period (1970–1989). Results. The number of cases of pediculosis capitis have gradually increased over this
Gaye Ünal +3 more
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The Efficacy of Permethrin Lotion in Pediculosis Capitis
International Journal of Dermatology, 1985ABSTRACT: A clinical trial of the pyrethroid permethrin in 1% lotion was performed on 20 children. Ten were treated for 10 minutes and 10 for 2 hours. All lice washed off the heads of children treated for 2 hours were dead immediately after treatment.
M. C. Sela Perez +4 more
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Current treatments for pediculosis capitis
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2009Following the increase in prevalence of head lice during the 1990s, research interest in human louse infestation is now greater than at any time since World War I. Problems with treatment, resulting from the selection of populations of lice resistant to insecticides by overuse of some types of product, have triggered an interest in the development of ...
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