@article {46245,
	title = {Treatment of Pediculus humanus var. capitis infestation in Cowlitz County, Washington, with ivermectin and the LiceMeister(R) comb},
	journal = {Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal},
	volume = {17},
	year = {1998},
	month = {1998},
	pages = {923 - 924},
	keywords = {adolescent, adult, animals, child, Child, Preschool, humans, insecticide, Insecticide resistance, Ivermectin/therapeutic use, Lice Infestations/drug therapy, Pediculus, Permethrin, Pyrethrum, scalp dermatoses, Washington},
	author = {Bell,T. A.}
}
@article {46159,
	title = {Over diagnosis and consequent mismanagement of head louse infestations in North America},
	journal = {Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal},
	volume = {19},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000},
	pages = {693 - 696; discussion 694},
	abstract = {<p>BACKGROUND: Lay personnel and many health care workers in the United States believe that head louse infestations caused by Pediculus capitis are exceedingly transmissible and that infested children readily infest others. Schoolchildren therefore frequently become ostracized and remain so until no signs of their presumed infestations are evident. Repeated applications of pediculicidal product and chronic school absenteeism frequently result.METHODS: To determine how frequently louse-related exclusions from schools and applications of pediculicidal therapeutic regimens might be inappropriate, we invited health care providers as well as nonspecialized personnel to submit specimens to us that were associated with a diagnosis of pediculiasis. Each submission was then characterized microscopically. RESULTS: Health care professionals as well as nonspecialists frequently overdiagnose pediculiasis capitis and generally fail to distinguish active from extinct infestations. Noninfested children thereby become quarantined at least as often as infested children. Traditional anti-louse formulations are overapplied as frequently as are \&quot;alternative\&quot; formulations. Pediculicidal treatments are more frequently applied to non-infested children than to children who bear active infestations. CONCLUSIONS: Pediculicidal treatments should be applied solely after living nymphal or adult lice or apparently viable eggs have been observed. Because health care providers as well as lay personnel generally misdiagnose pediculiasis, and because few symptoms and no direct infectious processes are known to result, we suggest that the practice of excluding presumably infested children from school may be more burdensome than the infestations themselves.</p>
},
	keywords = {Administration, Topical, adolescent, adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, animals, child, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, Follow-Up Studies, humans, incidence, Lice Infestations/diagnosis/drug therapy/epidemiology, Middle Aged, North America/epidemiology, Pediculus, Permethrin, Pyrethrum, risk factors, scalp, Sex Distribution, Treatment Outcome},
	url = {https://journals.lww.com/pidj/Abstract/2000/08000/Overdiagnosis_and_consequent_mismanagement_of_head.3.aspx},
	author = {Richard J. Pollack and Kiszewski,A. E. and Spielman,Andrew}
}
@article {45821,
	title = {Treatment of head lice},
	journal = {Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal},
	volume = {17},
	year = {1998},
	month = {1998},
	pages = {419 - 420},
	keywords = {Pediculosis, school},
	author = {Eichenfield,Lawrence F. and Coltman,D. W.}
}
@article {45822,
	title = {You ought to have your Head Examined: Pediculosis Capitis Redux},
	journal = {Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal},
	volume = {15},
	year = {1996},
	month = {1996},
	pages = {1056 - 1057},
	keywords = {head lice, Pediculosis, school, Survey},
	url = {https://journals.lww.com/pidj/Fulltext/1996/11000/You_ought_to_have_your_Head_Examined__Pediculosis.30.aspx},
	author = {Adams,Richard M.,Jr.}
}
@article {45820,
	title = {Commentary: A school physician{\textquoteright}s thoughts on pediculosis},
	journal = {Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal},
	volume = {19},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000},
	pages = {694 - 695},
	keywords = {chronic infestation, lice, Pediculosis, school},
	url = {https://journals.lww.com/pidj/Fulltext/2000/08000/Commentary__A_school_physician_s_thoughts_on.4.aspx},
	author = {Adams,Richard M.,Jr.}
}
@article {40229,
	title = {Comparison of two modes of mass delousing in schoolchildren},
	journal = {Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal},
	volume = {14},
	year = {1995},
	month = {1995},
	pages = {625 - 627},
	keywords = {head, lice, louse, schoolchildren},
	author = {Son,W. Y. and Ki-Soo Pai and Huh,S.}
}
@article {39995,
	title = {Evaluation of an intervention program for head lice infestation in school children},
	journal = {Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal},
	volume = {7},
	year = {1988},
	month = {1988},
	pages = {176 - 179},
	abstract = {<p>In order to investigate the point prevalence rate of pediculosis capitis (human head lice) among children in the southern region of Israel, 1431 elementary school children (6 to 15 years old), representing rural and urban environments, were examined and characterized by sociodemographic variables. An intervention program was initiated immediately after the first examination, which included \&quot;health education\&quot; for children and parents and free medicated shampoo (with pediculocides) provided for each child detected as \&quot;positive.\&quot; The intervention program was evaluated by a second examination performed on the same population after an interval of 1 month. Fifty-five percent of the children (793 of 1431) were found to be infested with one of the markers of head lice, with the highest rate in kibbutz children (80\%) and the lowest rate (37\%) among children who live in an urban neighborhood of high socioeconomic status. Analysis of various characteristics (related to the children screened in this study) revealed that crowding was the main factor contributing to the variation in the rates of infestation. Evaluation of the intervention program revealed a significant success in reducing head lice infestation that was not influenced by variation in socioeconomic status or place of residence.</p>
},
	author = {Sarov,B. and Louis George Neumann and Herman,Y. and Naggan,L.}
}
@article {39969,
	title = {Head lice and scabies in children},
	journal = {Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal},
	volume = {6},
	year = {1987},
	month = {1987},
	pages = {598 - 602},
	author = {Reeves,J. R. T.}
}
@article {39958,
	title = {Comparative study of permethrin 1-percent creme rinse and lindane shampoo for the treatment of head lice},
	journal = {Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal},
	volume = {6},
	year = {1987},
	month = {1987},
	pages = {252 - 255},
	keywords = {clinical, Control, Pediculus},
	author = {Bowerman,J. G. and Gomez,M. P. and Austin,R. D. and Wold,D. E.}
}
