BACKGROUND Pediculosis capitis is a worldwide health problem. One of the most important factor in effective head lice eradication is to ensure that infestation is adequately recognized and treated. Our survey investigated the knowledge and practice among primary care Italian pediatricians regarding to the prevention and treatment of head lice. METHODS The questionnaire was distributed to all ...

OBJECTIVES Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) are a major irritant to children and their parents around the world. Each year millions of children are infested with head lice, a condition known as pediculosis, which is responsible for tens of millions of lost school days. Head lice have evolved resistance to many of the currently used pediculicides; therefore, an effective new treatment for h...

Tigray Region used to be an important source of hides and skins in Ethiopia. However, today the quality and quantity have significantly declined, for which external parasites are incriminated as major causes. Epidemiological study on mange mite, lice and sheep keds of small ruminants was conducted, from Feb.-Aug./2003, with the objectives of determining the distribution and the major risk facto...

BACKGROUND Dimeticone 4% lotion was shown to be an effective treatment for head louse infestation in two randomised controlled trials in England. It is not affected by insecticide resistance but efficacy obtained (70-75%) was lower than expected. This study was designed to evaluate efficacy of dimeticone 4% lotion in a geographically, socially, and culturally different setting, in rural Turkey ...

background pediculosis and scabies are infectious diseases that can spread easily in overcrowded places, like prisons. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of these diseases in ghezel hesar prison (a male prison). materials and methods for this descriptive study, 1404 prisoners in ghezel hesar prison were included. the prisoners were evaluated clinically by two experienced derm...

Raptorial birds harbor a variety of ectoparasites and the mayority of them are host specific. The aim of this study was to identify the ectoparasites of captive birds of prey from Mexico, as well as to verify their impact in the health of infested birds. Raptorial birds were confiscated and kept in captivity at the Centro de Investigación y Conservación de Vida Silvestre (CIVS) in Los Reyes La ...

The speciÞc status of the head and body lice of humans has been debated formore than 200 yr. To clarify the speciÞc status of head and body lice, we sequenced 524 base pairs (bp) of the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene of 28 head and 28 body lice from nine countries. Ten haplotypes that differed by 1Ð5 bp at 11 nucleotide positions were identiÞed. A phylogeny of these sequences indicates that th...

Background: Pediculosis is a common ectoparasitic infestation that involves especially the skin of children worldwide. Studying children’s perception disease’s risk factors, effectiveness personal preventive measures, and its implications for their health could be major leap forward in promotion activities. Objectives: This study aimed to develop evaluate psychometric properties Children’s Perc...

Human head lice (Anoplura: Pediculidae: Pediculus) are pandemic, parasitizing countless school children worldwide due to the evolution of insecticide resistance, and human body (clothing) lice are responsible for the deaths of millions as a result of vectoring several deadly bacterial pathogens. Despite the obvious impact these lice have had on their human hosts, it is unclear whether head and ...