@article {45937,
	title = {Infestation of people with lice in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal},
	journal = {Medical and Veterinary Entomology},
	volume = {18},
	year = {2004},
	note = {LR: 20041117; JID: 8708682; ppublish},
	month = {2004},
	pages = {212 - 213},
	address = {England},
	abstract = {<p>The prevalence of infestation with head lice and body lice, Pediculus spp. (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) and pubic (crab) lice Pthirus pubis (L.) (Phthiraptera: Pthiridae), was recorded from 484 people in Nepal. The prevalence of head lice varied from 16\% in a sample of people aged 10-39 years of age, to 59\% in street children. Simultaneous infestations with head and body lice (double infestations) varied from 18\% in slum children to 59\% in street children.</p>
},
	keywords = {adolescent, adult, animals, child, Child, Preschool, homeless, humans, Lice Infestations/epidemiology, Nepal/epidemiology, Pediculus, Prevalence, Pthirus, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t},
	isbn = {0269-283X},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/44717.pdf},
	author = {Shree Kanta S. Poudel and Stephen C. Barker}
}
