| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1981 |
| Authors: | P. V. Gulati, Kamat, J., Singh, K. P. |
| Journal: | Clinician |
| Volume: | 45 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pagination: | 177 - 181 |
| Date Published: | 1981 |
| Keywords: | epidemiology, Pediculosis, Survey |
| Abstract: | A survey of 166 families (936 persons) living in 151 households in a semi-urban community in Goa, India, showed that 56.6% of the families had 1 or more persons infected with lice and 17.3% of the 936 persons were infested. Some 34.4% of the females but only 2.1% of the males were infested. The percentage infestation among different age groups ranged from 13.1 among children under the age of 4, and 17.3% among the age group 25-39 to 55% among school children aged 5-14. |