Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 38 Issue 1
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- Pages.41-43
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- 2000
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
Infestation status of head louse and treatment with lindane shampoo in children of primary school and kindergarten in Chinju-shi, Kyongsangnam-do, Korea
- Ha, Yong-Chan (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Heo, Jung-Min (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Kim, Hyung-Joon (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Go, Gi-Moon (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Lee, Sang-Jeong (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Jeong, Song-Hoan (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Ahn, Seung-In (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Kim, Min-Cheol (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Kim, Jeong-Eun (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Song, Hyee-Young (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Park, Jeong-Woon (The Chinju Association of Public Health Doctors) ;
- Kim, Byung-Sung (Chinju-Shi Health Center) ;
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Sohn, Woon-Mok
(Department of Parasiololgy, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
- Published : 2000.03.01
Abstract
The infestation status of head louse among children attending primary schools and kindergartens in Chinju-shi, Kyongsangnam-do, Korea, was investigated between June and July 1999. Out of 2,288 children examined, 3.9% of boys (48/1,242) and 23.5% of girls (246/1,046) were infested with nits or adult/nymphs of lice. The effectiveness of lindane shampoo (1% gamma benzene hexachloride solution) was evaluated after one or two time applications to all the children infested. The negative conversion rate of pediculosis was 93.5%. Effective control measures are needed to control and prevent such ectoparasite infestation amongst children.
Keywords
- head louse infestation;
- Pediculus humanus capitis;
- pediculosis;
- treatment;
- lindane shampoo;
- Chinju-shi