Survey on Infestaton Rates of Head Lice in Two Primary Schools in Dangjin-gun, Chungchongnam-do.
- Author:
Kyu Jae LEE
1
;
Han il LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Head Lice;
Primary;
Infestaton Rates;
Chungchongnam-do
- MeSH:
Child;
Chungcheongnam-do*;
Female;
Head*;
Humans;
Pediculus*
- From:Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
1999;31(3):237-238
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We examined infestation state of head lice in 2 primary schools in 1998. Among the 382 subjects, 92 (24.1%) children were confirmed as having head lice infestation. Infestation rate of each school was 13.6% and 32.9%, respectively. Infestation rate of girls (42.2%) was higher than that of boys (5.8%) and the 5th grade had more infested children (35.7%) than any other.
