Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases  1999;31(3):237-238

Survey on Infestaton Rates of Head Lice in Two Primary Schools in Dangjin-gun, Chungchongnam-do.

Kyu Jae LEE 1 ; Han il LEE

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Keywords

Head Lice; Primary; Infestaton Rates; Chungchongnam-do

Country

Republic 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.