TY - JOUR T1 - Efficacy of 1% permethrin for the treatment of head louse infestations among Kosovar refugees JF - Military medicine Y1 - 2000 A1 - Manjrekar,R. R. A1 - Partridge,S. K. A1 - Korman,A. K. A1 - Barwick,R. S. A1 - Juranek,D. D. SP - 698 EP - 700 KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - animals KW - child KW - Child, Preschool KW - humans KW - Infant KW - insecticide KW - Lice Infestations/drug therapy/ethnology KW - Mass Screening KW - Middle Aged KW - New Jersey/epidemiology KW - Pediculus KW - Permethrin KW - Prevalence KW - Pyrethrum KW - scalp dermatoses KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Yugoslavia AB - 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. CY - UNITED STATES VL - 165 SN - 0026-4075 IS - 9 N1 - LR: 20041117; JID: 2984771R; 0 (Insecticides); 0 (Pyrethrins); 52645-53-1 (Permethrin); ppublish ER -