| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Authors: | S. Kanta S. Poudel, Barker S. C. |
| Journal: | Medical and Veterinary Entomology |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pagination: | 212 - 213 |
| Date Published: | 2004 |
| ISBN Number: | 0269-283X |
| Keywords: | adolescent, adult, animals, child, Child, Preschool, homeless, humans, Lice Infestations/epidemiology, Nepal/epidemiology, Pediculus, Prevalence, Pthirus, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Abstract: | The prevalence of infestation with head lice and body lice, Pediculus spp. (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) and pubic (crab) lice Pthirus pubis (L.) (Phthiraptera: Pthiridae), was recorded from 484 people in Nepal. The prevalence of head lice varied from 16% in a sample of people aged 10-39 years of age, to 59% in street children. Simultaneous infestations with head and body lice (double infestations) varied from 18% in slum children to 59% in street children. |
| URL: | http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/44717.pdf |
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