The epidemiology of head lice and scabies in the UK
| Autor: | A. M. R. Downs, C. T. C. Kennedy, I. Harvey |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Adult
Male Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Epidemiology Pediculosis Prevalence Sarcoptes scabiei Scabies Sex Factors parasitic diseases Humans Medicine Longitudinal Studies Child Aged Schools biology business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Age Factors Urban Health Infant Lice Infestations Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification United Kingdom Infectious Diseases Carriage Scalp Dermatoses Child Preschool Female business saRNA Research Article Demography |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and Infection. 122:471-477 |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0950268899002277 |
| Popis: | Anecdotal evidence suggests that the prevalence of both scabies and head lice is increasing and also that both conditions are becoming refractory to pesticide treatment. Using information obtained from the Office of National Statistics, Royal College of General Practitioners Weekly Returns Service, Department of Health, local surveys of school children from Bristol and drug sales of insecticides, we have confirmed that there has been a rise in the prevalence of both conditions. We have shown that scabies is significantly more prevalent in urbanized areas (PPPP |
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