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| Survey on Infestaton Rates of Head Lice in Two Primary Schools in Dangjin-gun, Chungchongnam-do |
| Kyu Jae Lee, Han Il Lee |
| Department of Parasitology, Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. Department of Parasitology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
Vol.31 Num.3 (p237~238)
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Infestation of head lice has been reported in the 1980s and it has been a public health problem. It causes symptoms of itching, difficulty of concentrating on study in school children, and also transfers diseases such as relapsing fever and trench fever in more severe cases. Because there have been no suitable chemicals or counterplan to control head louse infestation, we continuously have had its infestation since the prohibition of DDT usage in Korea. Some pyrethroid insecticides, drugs used in foreign countries for treatment of louse, have been known to have their side effects on human and mammals but are not manufactured in Korea. We surveyed infestation state of head lice in primary schools. |
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