Plastic detection comb better than visual screening for diagnosis of head louse infestation

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dc.contributor.authorBalcioglu, C.
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, I. F.
dc.contributor.authorLimoncu, M. E.
dc.contributor.authorSahin, M. T.
dc.contributor.authorOzbel, Y.
dc.contributor.authorBilac, C.
dc.contributor.authorKurt, O.
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, K. S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-27T20:23:34Z
dc.date.available2019-10-27T20:23:34Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractFinding lice can be difficult in head louse infestation. We compared a new louse detection comb with visual inspection. All children in two rural Turkish schools were screened by the two methods. Those with lice were offered treatment and the results monitored by detection combing Children with nits only were re-screened to identify latent infestations. Using visual inspection we found 214 461 children (46%) with nits but only 30 (6.5%) with live lice. In contrast detection combing found 96 (21%) with live lice. of whom 20 had no nits. Detection combing was 3.84 times more effective than visual inspection for finding live lice. Only 10/138 (7.2%) children with nits and no lice were Found to have active infestation by day 16. We found that the detection comb is significantly (P<0.001) more effective than visual screening for diagnosis, that nits are not a good indicator of active infestation; and that treatment with 1% permethrin was 89.6% effective.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0950268807000118en_US
dc.identifier.endpage1431en_US
dc.identifier.issn0950-2688
dc.identifier.issn1469-4409
dc.identifier.issue10en_US
dc.identifier.pmid18177517en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1425en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268807000118
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/42031
dc.identifier.volume136en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000260579500018en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge Univ Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEpidemiology and Infectionen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titlePlastic detection comb better than visual screening for diagnosis of head louse infestationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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