TY - JOUR T1 - A preliminary pilot survey on head lice, pediculosis in Sharkia Governorate and treatment of lice with natural plant extracts JF - Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Y1 - 2002 A1 - El-Basheir,Z. M. A1 - Fouad,M. A. SP - 725 EP - 736 KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Age Distribution KW - animals KW - child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Egypt KW - Hibiscus/chemistry KW - humans KW - Infant KW - Lawsonia Plant/chemistry KW - Lice Infestations/drug therapy/epidemiology KW - Pediculus KW - Phytotherapy KW - Pilot Projects KW - Plant Extracts KW - Prevalence KW - scalp dermatoses KW - Seasons KW - Sex Distribution KW - Trigonella/chemistry AB - 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%). CY - Egypt VL - 32 SN - 0253-5890 IS - 3 N1 - LR: 20041117; JID: 8102141; 0 (Plant Extracts); ppublish ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Epidemiology and morbidity of scabies and pediculosis capitis in resource-poor communities in Brazil JF - British Journal of Dermatology Y1 - 2005 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06591.x A1 - Jörg Heukelbach A1 - Wilcke,T. A1 - Winter,B. A1 - Feldmeier,Hermann SP - 150 EP - 156 KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Age Factors KW - animals KW - Brazil KW - child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Comorbidity KW - epidemiology KW - humans KW - Infant KW - Lice Infestations/epidemiology KW - Middle Aged KW - Pediculus KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't KW - Scabies KW - scalp dermatoses KW - Seasons KW - Urban AB -

BACKGROUND: Pediculosis capitis and scabies are common parasitic skin diseases, especially in resource-poor communities, but data on epidemiology and morbidity are scanty. OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence, seasonal variation and morbidity of pediculosis capitis and scabies in poor neighbourhoods in north-east Brazil. METHODS: The study comprised cross-sectional surveys of a representative population of an urban slum (n = 1460) in Fortaleza, the capital of Ceara State (Brazil) and a fishing community 60 km south of the city (n = 605). Study participants were examined for the presence of scabies and pediculosis capitis. In a longitudinal study in the slum, variation of prevalence in different seasons of the year was assessed. RESULTS: Prevalence of pediculosis capitis was 43.4% in the slum and 28.1% in the fishing community. Children aged 10-14 years and females were most frequently affected. Scabies was present in 8.8% of the population in the slum and in 3.8% of the population in the fishing community. There was no consistent pattern of age distribution. Superinfection was common in patients with scabies, and cervical lymphadenopathy in patients with pediculosis capitis. Multivariate analysis showed that age < or = 15 years, being of female sex and living in the urban slum were independent factors contributing to the simultaneous coinfestation with pediculosis capitis and scabies. The longitudinal data from the urban slum showed a characteristic seasonal variation of pediculosis capitis, but no fluctuation of scabies. CONCLUSIONS: Pediculosis capitis and scabies are hyperendemic in the study areas and are associated with considerable morbidity. There is an urgent need to develop control measures for these parasitic skin diseases in resource-poor communities. This is the first community-based study describing in detail the epidemiology and morbidity of scabies and head lice infestation in Brazil.

CY - England VL - 153 SN - 0007-0963 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06591.x IS - 1 N1 - JID: 0004041; ppublish ER -