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- Title
PREVALENCE OF INFESTATION WITH HEAD LICE PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS (DE GEER) IN PRIMARY SCHOOLCHILDREN IN THE CENTRE OF ERBIL CITY, KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ.
- Authors
Khidhir, Kurdistan N.; Mahmood, Chra K.; Ali, Wand K.
- Abstract
The prevalence of Pediculus humanus capitis were investigated in three selected primaryschool children age ranged from 6 to 11 years located in Erbil city, Kurdistan region - Iraq. Overall, 3490 students (14.52%) were found infested with nits, immature or adult. There was no significant difference in the prevalence between girls (28.03%) and boys (1.98%), but there was a significant difference for long hairs (24.83%) and short hairs (10.78%), Smooth hairs (9.80%) and Wrinkled hairs (28.31%) traits as well as between children of different age groups, and the studied months in which highest ratio of infestation was seen in December (19.91%) and the lowest ratio were in April (11.60%) with significant difference between the periods of study in months.
- Subjects
PEDICULUS humanus; PEDICULOSIS; JUVENILE diseases; HAIR; SCHOOL children
- Publication
Pakistan Entomologist, 2017, Vol 39, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1017-1827
- Publication type
Article