scholarly journals Deterministic approaches for head lice infestations and treatments

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 386-404
Author(s):  
Noemi Castelletti ◽  
Maria Vittoria Barbarossa
Keyword(s):  
Head Lice ◽  
Lice Infestations

scholarly journals Head lice infestations: A clinical update

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. e18-e24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Cummings ◽  
Jane C Finlay ◽  
Noni E MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Head Lice ◽  
Lice Infestations

Head lice infestations in different ethnic groups

2001 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony M. R. Downs ◽  
Jonathan Oxley ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Head Lice ◽  
Lice Infestations

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding head lice infestations in rural Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (09) ◽  
pp. 652-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorg Heukelbach ◽  
Uade Samuel Ugbomoiko
Keyword(s):  
Population Based ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Head Lice ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Rural Nigeria ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Lice Infestations

Introduction: Head lice infestations are common in sub-Saharan Africa, but knowledge, attitudes and practices have never been studied in this region. Methodology: This population-based study was conducted in a small rural community (population = 590) in Kwara State, Central Nigeria. Inhabitants of the community were interviewed regarding head lice infestations, using a pre-tested structured questionnaire, and examined regarding the presence of active pediculosis. Results: Of the 496 participants included, 367 (74.0%) had experienced head lice infestations, but only 26 (11.1%) of the individuals older than 15 years knew the correct mode of transmission. Of 142 individuals with active pediculosis, only 1 (0.7%) felt ashamed. Treatment was most commonly done by grooming (46.3%), followed by combing (27.2%). Only 4.6% used pediculicides, and 21.8% did not apply any treatment. Opinions about difficulties in controlling head lice were asked in three groups: biological, technical and social. In the first group, the most common difficulty noted was detecting head lice (52.1%), followed by possible resistance that would lengthen the time of infestation (38.9%). Technical constraints included concerns on the safety and effectiveness of products (48.7%) and difficulties in obtaining treatment (46.2%). Social contraints included difficulty in treating children (24.4%), lack of knowledge (23.5%), and the social behavior of children (22.2%). Conclusions: Head lice were not perceived as an important disease in a rural Nigerian community, and feelings about the infestation were mostly indifferent. Despite its common occurrence, knowledge on head lice was limited.  

Treatment of human head lice infestations in a single application with a new galenic lotion

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Militão de Sousa ◽  
A. W. Vasconcelos ◽  
J. De Nadon ◽  
P-Y. Duhot
Keyword(s):  
Human Head ◽  
Head Lice ◽  
Single Application ◽  
Lice Infestations

Why infest the loved ones – inherent human behaviour indicates former mutualism with head lice

Parasitology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 696-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAJOS RÓZSA ◽  
PÉTER APARI
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
The Body ◽  
Head Lice ◽  
Body Louse ◽  
Trench Fever ◽  
Epidemic Typhus ◽  
New Hosts ◽  
Cross Immunity ◽  
Lice Infestations ◽  
Body Lice

SUMMARYHead lice transmit to new hosts when people lean their heads together. Humans frequently touch their heads to express friendship or love, while this behaviour is absent in apes. We hypothesize that this behaviour was adaptive because it enabled people to acquire head lice infestations as early as possible to provoke an immune response effective against both head lice and body lice throughout the subsequent periods of their life. This cross-immunity could provide some defence against the body-louse-borne lethal diseases like epidemic typhus, trench fever, relapsing fever and the classical plague. Thus the human ‘touching heads’ behaviour probably acts as an inherent and unconscious ‘vaccination’ against body lice to reduce the threat exposed by the pathogens they may transmit. Recently, the eradication of body-louse-borne diseases rendered the transmission of head lice a maladaptive, though still widespread, behaviour in developed societies.

Head lice infestations in rural Honduras: the need for an integrated approach to control neglected tropical diseases

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 548-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabana Jamani ◽  
Carol Rodríguez ◽  
María M. Rueda ◽  
Gabriela Matamoros ◽  
Maritza Canales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Head Lice ◽  
Lice Infestations

Permethrin: Treatment of head lice infestations

1991 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 53-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Voelker Phipps
Keyword(s):  
Head Lice ◽  
Lice Infestations
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