<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morteza Akbari</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soraya Sheikhi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Javad Rafinejad</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mohammad Reza Akbari</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iraj Pakzad</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fatemeh Abdi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reza Pakzad</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ali-Ashraf Aivazi</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prevalence of Pediculosis Among Primary School-Aged Students in Iran: an Updated Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Medical Entomology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infestation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iran</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">meta-analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pediculosis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">school children</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sep-27-2022</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://academic.oup.com/jme/article-abstract/59/6/1861/6724307</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">59</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1861-1879</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt;In this study, a systematic investigation was performed to estimate the prevalence of head lice infestation, and to determine the factors affecting the prevalence of heterogeneity among primary school-aged children in Iran. A comprehensive search was fulfilled in international databases, including MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase, to identify the articles on the prevalence of pediculosis. So, all the cross-sectional epidemiological studies evaluating the prevalence of pediculosis were covered without any restrictions. A random-effects model was used to assess the pooled prevalence. A meta-regression method was applied to determine the factors affecting the heterogeneity among the studied population. An analysis was performed on 67 studies with a total sample size of 358,053. The total pooled estimate for the prevalence of pediculosis in boys and girls was 7.52% (95% CI: 6.15&amp;ndash;9.03), 1.99% (95% CI: 1.25&amp;ndash;2.89), and 8.97% (95% CI: 721&amp;ndash;10.91), respectively. The highest and lowest pooled prevalence was in Hormozgan (southern Iran) (29.21%; 95% CI: 8.89&amp;ndash;55.34) and Isfahan (Central Iran) (0.69%; 95% CI: 0.59&amp;ndash;0.80), respectively. Based on the results of the univariate meta-regression, gender and father&amp;rsquo;s job showed a significant direct association with the prevalence of pediculosis, but the sample size had significant inverse relations with the prevalence of pediculosis. This study demonstrated that pediculosis is a common public health problem affecting school-aged children with a relatively high prevalence in Iran, especially among girls.&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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