BACKGROUND Head lice infestation caused by Pediculus humanus var capitis (Pediculus capitis) is a worldwide public health concern that affects mostly school aged children. This descriptive, analytical study was carried out in 2008 to determine the prevalence of pediculosis capitis and some risk factors among primary-school pupils in Bahar, Hamadan Province, Iran. METHODS We selected 900 pupil...

Pedikulosis kapitis merupakan infeksi kulit dan rambut kepala diakibatkan Pediculus humanus var. capitis yang saat ini masih sering terjadi. Pedikulisidal dari tumbuhan sudah banyak direkomendasikan sebagai pedikulisidal alternatif karena memiliki efek toksisitas pada manusia rendah. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui potensi ekstrak etanol biji pepaya terhadap kematian capitis. menggunakan ...

OBJECTIVE This study was carried out to detect the prevalence and evaluate risk factors of Pediculus capitis infestation in four primary schools in Iğdır in April and May, 2010. METHODS The study was performed on 2222 students (6-15 years old), 1116 female and 1106 male. The hair of the students, especially from the neck and back of the head, were examined for egg, nymph and imago of P. capit...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of manual therapy on shoulder pain in office workers. [Subjects and Methods] Subjects included 38 office workers who were randomly divided into two groups: a manual therapy group of 19 subjects and a shoulder stabilization exercise group of 19 subjects. All subjects underwent evaluation of the pressure pain threshold in the spleni...

STUDY DESIGN Seventeen healthy volunteers were subjected to right and left lateral impacts 5.0, 6.8, 9.2, and 16.8 m/s acceleration while positioned in a Volvo car seat with lap and shoulder seat belt restraint in laboratory setting. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of using a standard 3-point lap and shoulder seat belt and Volvo car seat on the response of the...

The multi-resistant Staphylococcus capitis clone NRCS-A has recently been described as a major pathogen causing nosocomial, late-onset sepsis (LOS) in preterm neonates worldwide. NRCS-A representatives exhibit an atypical antibiotic resistance profile. Here, the complete closed genome (chromosomal and plasmid sequences) of NRCS-A prototype strain CR01 and the draft genomes of three other clinic...

2260 (1755 male and 505 female) preschool and school children of chabahar were studied for tinea capitis and pediculosis of the scalp. 42 cases were found positive in direct examination, 41cases endothrix being only one case; was ectothrix. trixhophyton violaceun was isolated from 40 cases and 4 of those were microscopically negative for fungal elements. totally, 46 cases of tinea capitis with ...