@article {46366,
	title = {Insecticides against headlice in Glasgow},
	journal = {Journal of the Royal Society of Health},
	volume = {113},
	year = {1993},
	month = {1993},
	pages = {181 - 183},
	abstract = {<p>A postal questionnaire for describing current practices of insecticide usage for the prevention and treatment of pediculosis was sent to 53 pharmacists in Glasgow. 91\% returned completed questionnaires. Between 19,000 to 36,000 bottles of insecticide against headlice were bought by the public in Glasgow in 1991. Most of these were sold in small volumes (less than 100 ml) and sales were highest during the autumn. Although pharmacists sold a range of different classes of insecticide, the most popular were those that contained malathion, the treatment for pediculosis recommended by the Health Board. Choice of treatment was probably influenced by advice given to the public by pharmacists and general practitioners. Clients preferred shampoo formulations. There was evidence that treatments were used prophylactically against headlice. However, there was little indication of large scale resistance to insecticides in the louse population. The results indicate that headlice remain a persistent problem in Glasgow, despite the public adhering to the advice of health professionals.</p>
},
	keywords = {animals, Drug Utilization, humans, insecticide, lice, Lice Infestations/drug therapy/prevention \& control, Malathion, Pilot Projects, Questionnaires, scotland},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409311300406},
	url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/146642409311300406},
	author = {Lindsay,Steve W. and Peock,Susan}
}
@article {46021,
	title = {A preliminary pilot survey on head lice, pediculosis in Sharkia Governorate and treatment of lice with natural plant extracts},
	journal = {Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology},
	volume = {32},
	year = {2002},
	note = {LR: 20041117; JID: 8102141; 0 (Plant Extracts); ppublish},
	month = {2002},
	pages = {725 - 736},
	address = {Egypt},
	abstract = {Twelve different representative areas in Sharkia Governorate were surveyed for head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis. The pre-valence was investigated among 120 houses containing 2,448 individual, with different age, sex and socioeconomic status. Examination was done by naked eye aided with hand-lens. A total of 137 individuals were infested. Infestation rates were higher in the rural areas with low socioeconomic levels, concrete houses with over-crowded family members. Children had significantly higher infestation rates than adults. Males had lower infestation rates than females. However, the hair length and permanent hair washing were the factors accounted for both age and sex difference in prevalence of pediculosis. Head lice infestations were found all over the year, but increased in summer and spring. One hundred infested patients (90 females and 10 males) with different aged and hair length were treated with tour mixed cream from plants Lawsonia alba L. (Henna). Trigonella faemum-gracanum (Fenugreek), Hibiscus cannabinus (Hibiscus) and Artemisia cina (Wormseed). The head lice completely disappeared within a week among those patients treated by henna mixed with aqueous extract of sheah (100\%) or mixed with helba (75\%) or with karkada (50\%).},
	keywords = {adolescent, adult, Age Distribution, animals, child, Child, Preschool, Egypt, Hibiscus/chemistry, humans, Infant, Lawsonia Plant/chemistry, Lice Infestations/drug therapy/epidemiology, Pediculus, Phytotherapy, Pilot Projects, Plant Extracts, Prevalence, scalp dermatoses, Seasons, Sex Distribution, Trigonella/chemistry},
	isbn = {0253-5890},
	author = {El-Basheir,Z. M. and Fouad,M. A.}
}
