| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Authors: | I. F. Burgess |
| Journal: | Nursing times |
| Volume: | 98 |
| Issue: | 46 |
| Pagination: | 54 |
| Date Published: | 2002 |
| ISBN Number: | 0954-7762 |
| Keywords: | Age Distribution, animals, child, Children, humans, Lice Infestations/epidemiology/transmission, Life Cycle Stages, Pediculus, scalp dermatoses, Seasons, Sex Distribution, Sex Factors |
| Abstract: | When children return to school after the summer holiday, cases of head lice appear to increase. Ian Burgess describes the life cycle of the head louse and dispels some of the myths about transmission of this insect. A second article discusses the detection and treatment of head lice. |
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