@article {46153,
	title = {Efficacy of 1\% permethrin for the treatment of head louse infestations among Kosovar refugees},
	journal = {Military medicine},
	volume = {165},
	year = {2000},
	note = {LR: 20041117; JID: 2984771R; 0 (Insecticides); 0 (Pyrethrins); 52645-53-1 (Permethrin); ppublish},
	month = {2000},
	pages = {698 - 700},
	address = {UNITED STATES},
	abstract = {We assessed the prevalence of head louse infestation and the effectiveness of 1\% permethrin against head lice in Kosovar refugees. A currently infested case was defined as a person with observable crawling lice (adults or nymphs) or a person with nits on the hair shaft within a quarter-inch of the scalp. Of the 1,051 refugees screened upon arrival in the United States, 107 (10\%) were infested. Crawling lice (adults or nymphs) were observed on 62 (6\%) of the individuals examined. Refugees with crawling lice were treated with a pediculicide containing 1\% permethrin. Of these, 57 were reexamined the next day. Twenty of the 57 individuals were reexamined 7 days after treatment. No crawling lice were found on any of the refugees examined after treatment. We conclude that 1\% permethrin treatment was effective in louse control in this refugee population.},
	keywords = {adolescent, adult, animals, child, Child, Preschool, humans, Infant, insecticide, Lice Infestations/drug therapy/ethnology, Mass Screening, Middle Aged, New Jersey/epidemiology, Pediculus, Permethrin, Prevalence, Pyrethrum, scalp dermatoses, Treatment Outcome, Yugoslavia},
	isbn = {0026-4075},
	author = {Manjrekar,R. R. and Partridge,S. K. and Korman,A. K. and Barwick,R. S. and Juranek,D. D.}
}
