Prevalence and monthly distribution of head lice using two diagnostic procedures in several age groups in Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil Prevalência e distribuição mensal do piolho da cabeça usando dois procedimentos de diagnóstico em vários grupos etários em Uberlândia, MG, Sudeste do Brasil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Raquel Borges, Juliana J. Silva, Rosângela M. Rodrigues, Júlio Mendes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007
• Subjects: Piolhos da cabeça; Pediculus capitis; Pediculose em asilos; Brasil; Head lice; Pediculosis in old people’s homes; Brazil; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Sudeste
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000200022; https://doaj.org/article/889e108a0671487b9c49b5cc2284c72a

Some epidemiological characteristics of head lice, Pediculus capitis, were studied using two procedures: cut hair analysis and head inspection. Higher prevalence rates were observed in the middle and at the end of the school terms. Both procedures indicated that children were the main reservoir for...