Abstract:
:From November 1996 to March 2000, a total of 884 children between 0 and 15 years, from 11 institutions including day care centres, public urban and public rural schools in Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, central Brazil, were examined for head louse infestation. Children's sex, race, age and some hairs characteristics were shown to be associated to parasite infestation. A prevalence rate of 35% was found and the highest rates were observed in black, female children, with long, dark, wavy hairs. Hairs density and thickness did not seem to influence significantly the distribution of this pediculosis in Uberlândia's schoolchildren. Differences observed between the prevalence rates of head lice in children from the urban institutions suggest there is a greater epidemiological heterogeneity in this group when compared to the rural schoolchildren.
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Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruzjournal_title
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzauthors
Borges R,Mendes Jdoi
10.1590/s0074-02762002000200007subject
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2002-03-01 00:00:00pages
189-92issue
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journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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