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 [PDF]
Revista 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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The importance of Hair and Scalp Hygiene for pediculus humanus capitis epidemic prevention
Jurnal Ners, 2017 Introduction: Pediculus humanus capitis have cosmopolite attributes, and normally affect school age children. This research aims at obtaining the number of people infested with pediculus humanus capitis and is categorized by the age, sex, education ...
Maria Vonny Rumampuk
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EDIS, 2002 This document is EENY-104, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date July 1999. Reviewed May 2003.
H. V. Weems, Jr., Thomas R. Fasulo
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Pediculus humanus capitis: a study of the male genitalia using a combined stereoscopic, confocal laser scanning, and scanning electron microscopy approach [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background The male genital structures of arthropods are key features in the taxonomic and phylogenetic study of these organisms. The male genitalia of the head louse Pediculus humanus capitis are complex organs which are partly composed of structures ...
Blanca E. Álvarez-Fernández +3 more
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Vaccuuming method as a successful strategy in the diagnosis of active infestation by Pediculus humanus capitis [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2020 Most human epidemiological and clinical studies use visual inspection of the hair and scalp to diagnose Pediculus humanus capitis , however this method has low sensitivity to diagnose active infestations (presence of nymphs and adult lice). Vacuuming the
Bruno Paulo Rodrigues Lustosa +9 more
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Prevalence and Treatment of Pediculus Humanus Capitis with 1% Permethrin and 0.4% d-Phenothrin in Turkey [PDF]
Acta Medica, 2003 Pediculosis humanus capitis (head lice) is an important public health problem among school children. In our study, 20,612 schoolchildren (10,367 boys, 10,245 girls) were examined for Pediculus humanus capitis in 36 elementary schools between December ...
Mehmet Tanyuksel +3 more
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Economic Burden Associated with Head Louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) Infestation in Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020 Background: The head louse infestation is a public health issue in the world especially, affecting most people who live in camps, school-aged children and their families. Head lice treatment has economic ramifications that often under calculated. The aim
Mojtaba SALIMI +3 more
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Embryonic Development of Pediculus humanus capitis: Morphological Update and Proposal of New External Markers for the Differentiation Between Early, Medium, and Late Eggs. [PDF]
Acta Parasitol, 2023 Álvarez-Fernández BE +3 more
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Histological confinement of transglutaminase-mediated nit sheath crosslinking is essential for proper oviposition and egg coating in the human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2023 Kim JH +4 more
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The fumigant and repellent activity of aliphatic lactones against Pediculus humanus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae) [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006 New alternative insecticides are necessary for the chemical control of head lice. In this study the fumigant knockdown time 50% (KT50) and repellency index (RI) of three aliphatic lactones was compared with two essential oils and DDVP, against permethrin-
Ariel Ceferino Toloza +5 more
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