Prevalence of Pediculosis Capitis in Primary School Children in Gaziantep Province

Autor:	Zülal ERBAĞCI, Orhan ÖZGÖZTAŞI, Necmettin KIRTAK
Rok vydání:	2023
Zdroj:	European Journal of Therapeutics. 6:163-167
ISSN:	2564-7040 2564-7784
DOI:	10.58600/eurjther.1995-6-2-1527-arch
Popis:	The prevalence of pediculosis capitis was investigated in 24 primary schools situated in the city of Gaziantep and near villages. Among 15213 pupils searched for pediculosis capitis, 7061(46.42 %) were girls and 8103(53.58 %) were boys. Five hundred and seventy-three pupils(3.76 %) had pediculosis capitis charecteriz.ed by mites and/or nits on their scalp's hairs. Of these 573 patients, 524 (3.44 %) were girls and 49(0.32 %) were boys. The prevalence of pediculosis capitis in the province of Gaziantep was found relatively low from those of the previously performed studies in the different regions of Turkey.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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