<?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%">Salim Ali Alarifi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ghait Alsdae</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gamal A. Duweb</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Factors Affecting Pediculosis capitis Transmission among Primary School Children</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">International Journal of Tropical Disease &amp; Health 2022</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pediculosis capitis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prevalence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">school children</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">transmission</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%">Aug-25-2022</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://journalijtdh.com/index.php/IJTDH/article/view/1291</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">43</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8-13</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;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction: &lt;/strong&gt;Human head lice infest people worldwide and are most prevalent in children. Outbreaks of head lice more commonly affect children 3 to 12 years old, with girls being affected more commonly than boys. The aim is to study the factors affecting transmission of the disease among the school children in villages in Benghazi - Libya. &lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Patients and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; In a cross-sectional study in western region of Benghazi, 556 students in three schools from Alhlys, Alatry and Abofakra regions were enrolled. The ages of children ranged from 6 to 13 years. Data collected include socio-demographic characteristics of the students, sex, age, school and hair were examined individually for head lice infestation in a separate room. Descriptive analysis and Chi-square test was used to determine the statistical significance of p-value &amp;le; 0.05. &lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; The data were collected on 556 students from the 3 villages: 39.7% from Al-Helys, 28.8% from Al-Tarya and 31.5% from Abofakra regions. The age of children ranged from 6 to13 years. Female children were more than 50%. The mean of family size was 7&amp;plusmn;2 persons, number of bedroom in houses ranged from 1-5 rooms.. Sharing of personal equipment such as hair comb and linen was reported in 33.5% of families. Pediculosis capitis manifestation was reported in 26.3% of the participants. The prevalence of pediculosis capitis was 19.5% in Al-Helys, 35.6% in Al-Tarya and 26.3% in Bo-Fakra; this difference was statistically significant (p&amp;lt;0.05) . The prevalence of pediculosis capitis in males was 10.2%, while in females was 41.8% , this difference was highly statistically significant (p =0.0001) The highest prevalence of pediculosis capitis was in age of 11 years old (42.9%), followed by age of 10 years old (36.6%). There were no reported cases at the age of 6 and 13 years. There was no effect of parent occupation or education level on pediculosis infestation transmission.&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; The present study revealed that, Pediculosis capitis was prevalent in school children, more in females. Furthermore pediculosis was higher in certain villages than others.&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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