TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of pediculosis capitis among Korean children
AU - Oh, Jeong Min
AU - Lee, In Yong
AU - Lee, Won Ja
AU - Seo, Min
AU - Park, Sol Ah
AU - Lee, Seung Hyun
AU - Seo, Jang Hoon
AU - Yong, Tai Soon
AU - Park, Soon Jung
AU - Shin, Myeong Heon
AU - Pai, Ki Soo
AU - Yu, Jae Ran
AU - Sim, Seobo
PY - 2010/11/1
Y1 - 2010/11/1
N2 - Pediculus humanus capitis is an ectoparasite, which causes scalp pruritus particularly among children. A total of 15,373 children including 8,018 boys and 7,355 girls from 26 primary schools and 15 kindergartens attached to the primary schools and a total of 33 children from an orphanage were examined for head lice infestation (HLI). The overall prevalence of HLI in this study was 4.1% including 3.7% of the urban areas and 4.7% of the rural areas. Head lice were found more frequently in girls than in boys with prevalence of 6.5% and 1.9%, respectively. The infestation rate by school grade was 3.2%, 4.7%, 4.2%, 5.0%, 4.9%, 3.8%, and 2.1% for kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, respectively. The infestation rate of the children in an orphanage was 66.7%. The prevalence of HLI has decreased especially in the rural areas. However, HLI is a still health problem of kindergarteners and primary schoolchildren in Korea.
AB - Pediculus humanus capitis is an ectoparasite, which causes scalp pruritus particularly among children. A total of 15,373 children including 8,018 boys and 7,355 girls from 26 primary schools and 15 kindergartens attached to the primary schools and a total of 33 children from an orphanage were examined for head lice infestation (HLI). The overall prevalence of HLI in this study was 4.1% including 3.7% of the urban areas and 4.7% of the rural areas. Head lice were found more frequently in girls than in boys with prevalence of 6.5% and 1.9%, respectively. The infestation rate by school grade was 3.2%, 4.7%, 4.2%, 5.0%, 4.9%, 3.8%, and 2.1% for kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, respectively. The infestation rate of the children in an orphanage was 66.7%. The prevalence of HLI has decreased especially in the rural areas. However, HLI is a still health problem of kindergarteners and primary schoolchildren in Korea.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00436-010-2016-6
DO - 10.1007/s00436-010-2016-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 20683614
AN - SCOPUS:78449280128
VL - 107
SP - 1415
EP - 1419
JO - Parasitology Research
JF - Parasitology Research
SN - 0932-0113
IS - 6
ER -