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Renewed Risk for Epidemic Typhus Related to War and Massive Population Displacement, Ukraine

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
Epidemic typhus, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii bacteria and transmitted through body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis), was a major public health threat in Eastern Europe as a consequence of World War II.
Paul N. Newton   +3 more
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Prevalência e intensidade da infestação por Pediculus humanus capitis em escolares de seis a onze anos Prevalence and parasitism intensity by Pediculus humanus capitis in six to eleven-year-old schoolchildren

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2004
O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a intensidade de infestação por Pediculus humanus capitis e sua variação segundo o gênero e a idade, em 181 escolares de seis a onze anos de uma escola primária.
Silvia Catalá   +8 more
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Screening Pediculosis dan Oxyuriasis pada Anak-anak TK/KB Al-Kautsar di Kelurahan Mojosongo Kecamatan Jebres Kota Surakarta

open access: yesJournal of Health (JOH), 2016
Pediculosis is an infection caused Pediculus humanus capitis, Oxyuriasis or enterobiasis or kreminan is an infection caused by pinworms. In 2010 research was conducted by the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia in ...
Tri Mulyowati   +3 more
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Pediculosis palpebrarum initially diagnosed as blepharitis

open access: yesAfrican Vision and Eye Health, 2009
Pediculosis is an infestation of lice. Eyelid involvement is uncommon, but can be caused by pediculus humanus capitis (head louse), rarely by  pediculus humanus corporis (body louse) and commonly by phthirus pubis (pubic louse).
J. A. Ebeigbe, A. B. Osaiyuwu
doaj   +1 more source

Pendidikan kesehatan dalam rangka menuju panti asuhan bebas pedikulosis kapitis di Kecamatan Siak Hulu Kabupaten Kampar

open access: yesRiau Journal of Empowerment, 2020
Pedikulosis kapitis merupakan penyakit parasitik yang masih sering terjadi dan terabaikan. Gejala klinis dari penyakit ini berupa gatal di kepala yang dapat mengganggu aktivitas sehari-hari.
Esy Maryanti, Enny Lestari
doaj   +1 more source

Pediculus humanus subsp. humanus Linnaeus

open access: yes, 2004
Published as part of Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., pp.
Reeves, Will K.   +2 more
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Pediculus humanus capitis (head lice) and Pediculus humanus humanus (body lice): response to laboratory temperature and humidity and susceptibility to monoterpenoids

open access: yesParasitology Research, 2009
Human pediculosis is produced by Pediculus humanus humanus (Linnaeus 1758) and Pediculus humanus capitis (De Geer 1767). Laboratory-reared body lice, susceptible to insecticides, were used as reference in toxicological studies on head lice. In this work, we evaluated the survival of both subspecies at different temperatures and relative humidities and ...
Gallardo, Anabella Beatriz   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

MOLECULAR STUDY OF HUMAN HEAD LICE, PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS COMPARISON WITH GOAT SUCKING LICE, LINOGNATHUS STENOPSIS (BURMEISTER) STRAINS [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة الأنبار للعلوم الزراعية, 2020
In this study, only (122) out of (915) primary school students were shown to be infected with head lice Pediculus. humanus capitis. The number and percentage of infected males was 46 (11.3%), while the number and percentage of infected females was 76 (14.
S. N. Al-Doury   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, Volume 150, Issue 7, Page 990-1015, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Thai herbal shampoos as pediculicides for killing head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer (Phthiraptera)

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2018
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Thai herbal shampoos [Cartoxylum formosum (C. formosum) + eucalyptus essential oil (EO), C. formosum + citrus EO, Solanum trilobatum + eucalyptus EO, Solanum trilobatum + citrus EO, Moringa oleifera + eucalyptus EO ...
Sirawut Sittichok   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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