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The Prevalence of Pediculosis in Southern Iran From 2016 to 2021. [PDF]
J Trop MedIntroduction One important measure of community and personal hygiene is the prevalence of lice. Healthcare providers and strategists must analyze this illness across several groups if they are to create sensible plans and services for its decrease. The objective of this study was to find the prevalence of head lice in Iranian endemic regions.
Soltani A +6 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2021 No existe un listado taxonómico que incluya a las especies de los 3 subórdenes de Phthiraptera (Anoplura, Amblycera e Ischnocera) presentes en México. Los listados más importantes han sido sobre piojos chupadores —en mamíferos— o masticadores —en aves y
Mirely Guzmán-Torres +1 more
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Update vulval dermatology - diagnostics and therapy. [PDF]
J Dtsch Dermatol GesSummary The vulva is a periorificial skin area and as such represents a transitional zone with unique functional and physiological characteristics. Knowledge of its anatomy is limited among both the general population and healthcare professionals, and unrealistic expectations of normal proportions are common.
Brägelmann C +6 more
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Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice
BMC Biology, 2007 Background The parasitic sucking lice of primates are known to have undergone at least 25 million years of coevolution with their hosts. For example, chimpanzee lice and human head/body lice last shared a common ancestor roughly six million years ago, a ...
Allen Julie M +3 more
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Phthiriasis palpebrarum presenting as anterior blepharitis
Indian Journal of Public Health, 2018 In humans, Pthirus pubis or crab louse usually infests hair of pubic region. Phthiriasis palpebrarum (infestation of the eyelashes and eyelids) is not as rare as is reported in literature, especially in low socioeconomic communities.
Taskin Khan
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Case Series of Phthirus pubis Infestation in Non-Perineal Regions
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2023 Jing Nie, Xue Shen, Yan Li, Wenju Wang Department of Dermatology, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jing Nie, Department of dermatology, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, 165 Caoshi ...
Nie J, Shen X, Li Y, Wang W
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The Prevalence of Pediculosis and Treatment Needs among the School Children of Age 8-12 Years in Selected Rural Schools of Indore with a View to Develop Health Education Module [PDF]
Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research, 2018 Background: Head and body lice (pediculus humans) are similar in appearance, but the head louse is often smaller in size. While, pubic lice (pthirus pubis), are quite distinctive.
Jinu Rajan
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, 2007 Published as part of Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, pp.
Reeves, Will K. +5 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009 Pediculosis seems to have afflicted humans since the most ancient times and lice have been found in several ancient human remains. Examination of the head hair and pubic hair of the artificial mummy of Ferdinand II of Aragon (1467-1496), King of Naples ...
Gino Fornaciari +4 more
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Scientifica, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019 Human bed bug infestations have undergone a recent global resurgence. The human antiparasitic drug ivermectin has been proposed as a strategy to help control bed bug infestations, but in vivo data are lacking. We allowed separate populations of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., to feed once on a rabbit before and after it was injected ...
Gale E. Ridge +7 more
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