@article {46459,
	title = {Prevalence of nits and lice in samples of cut hair from floors of barbershops and beauty parlors in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil},
	journal = {Mem{\'o}rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz},
	volume = {83},
	year = {1988},
	note = {LR: 20041117; JID: 7502619; ppublish},
	month = {1988},
	pages = {471 - 474},
	address = {BRAZIL},
	abstract = {<p>A louse survey based on samples of cut hair collected from floors of barbershops and beauty parlors was conducted in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, from October 1984 to April 1985, as an alternative way to determine the prevalence of pediculosis capitis in the population. Of 475 samples examined for nits, nymphs, or adults of Pediculus capitis, 140 were infested (29.5\%). A total of 58 lice and 3,553 nits were found in 33,632.9 g of hair collected, giving a ratio of 0.10 nit/g. Almost 29\% of the nits were viable and capable of being transmitted after hatching. There was significant difference among the infestation rates by socioeconomic levels, and samples from barbershops with male customers were the most infested. Based upon the number of haircuts in each sample, we estimated that 5 or 6\% of the population might be infested by this species.</p>
},
	keywords = {adult, animals, Barbering, child, Cross-Sectional Studies, hair, humans, Lice Infestations/epidemiology, Pediculus, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Socioeconomic Factors},
	isbn = {0074-0276},
	doi = {10.1590/S0074-02761988000400013 },
	url = {http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v83n4/vol83(f4)_067-070.pdf},
	author = {Pedro Marcos Linardi and De Maria,M{\'a}rio and Botelho,Jos{\'e} Ramiro and Cunha,H. C. and Ferreira,J. B.}
}
@article {46059,
	title = {Epidemiological aspects of head lice in children attending day care centres, urban and rural schools in Uberl{\^a}ndia, central Brazil},
	journal = {Mem{\'o}rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz},
	volume = {97},
	year = {2002},
	note = {LR: 20041117; JID: 7502619; ppublish},
	month = {2002},
	pages = {189 - 192},
	abstract = {<p>From November 1996 to March 2000, a total of 884 children between 0 and 15 years, from 11 institutions including day care centres, public urban and public rural schools in Uberlandia, State of Minas Gerais, central Brazil, were examined for head louse infestation. Children\&$\#$39;s sex, race, age and some hairs characteristics were shown to be associated to parasite infestation. A prevalence rate of 35\% was found and the highest rates were observed in black, female children, with long, dark, wavy hairs. Hairs density and thickness did not seem to influence significantly the distribution of this pediculosis in Uberlandia\&$\#$39;s schoolchildren. Differences observed between the prevalence rates of head lice in children from the urban institutions suggest there is a greater epidemiological heterogeneity in this group when compared to the rural schoolchildren.</p>
},
	keywords = {adolescent, animals, Brazil, child, Child, Preschool, humans, Infant, Lice Infestations/epidemiology, Pediculus, Prevalence, Rural Population, scalp dermatoses, Sex Distribution, Socioeconomic Factors, Urban},
	isbn = {0074-0276},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762002000200007},
	url = {https://www.scielo.br/j/mioc/a/yzt636FJG8wpj3tBp88Lpts/?lang=en},
	author = {Borges,Raquel and Mendes,J{\'u}lio}
}
