ABSTRACT
During November - December 1993, 5347 students of a secondary and 3 elementary schools in Bostanli-Karsiyaka, where socioeconomic and cultural status are relatively high, were examined for pediculosis capitis. In 225 students, eggs and/or adults were detected. 181 out of 4365 elementary school students and 44 out of 982 secondary school students were infested with Pediculus humanus capitis
Subject(s)
Humans , Pediculus/pathogenicity , Scalp Dermatoses , Schools , Students , Phthiraptera , Social Class , Pediculus/diagnosis , Pediculus/isolation & purificationABSTRACT
Two different chemicals were used in the treatment of Pediculus h. capitis in cases which were found to be infested during the screening of 1 secondary and 3 elementary schools in Bostanli- Karsiyaka, Izmir. Sumithrin was found to be more effective than Lindane according to the follow up control performed a month after the treatment. While, the efficacy of Sumithrin in Emlakbank elementary school, Metin Asikoglu elementary school and Emlakbank secondary school was noted as 93%, 96% and 86.8%, respectively. The efficacy of lindane was found to be 67.5% in Murside Akyuz elementary school