lice infestation
Sign in to savePediculosis is an infestation of lice from the sub-order Anoplura, family Pediculidae. Accordingly, the infestation with head lice is named pediculosis capitis, while this with body lice, pediculosis corporis. Although pediculosis in humans may properly refer to lice infestation of any part of the body, the term is sometimes used loosely to refer to pediculosis capitis, the infestation of the human head with the specific head louse. This can typically happen in young children aged 3-11 and is spread from head to head contact.
Key facts
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- Pediculosis
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- Optical microscopy image of a female head louse.
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- Pediculus humanus capitis (♀)
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- Infectious disease
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Research
4,008 papers- Lice.Seminars in cutaneous medicine and surgery · 2014
- Head Lice.Pediatrics · 2022
- Oral ivermectin for the treatment of head lice infestation.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2018
- Prevalence and associated factors of head lice infestation among primary school children in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024
- Head lice.Pediatrics · 2010
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Head lice
- Presentation
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
- Body lice
- Pubic lice
- Other animals
- History
- See also
- References
- External links
Pediculosis is an infestation of lice from the sub-order Anoplura, family Pediculidae. Accordingly, the infestation with head lice is named pediculosis capitis, while this with body lice, pediculosis corporis. Although pediculosis in humans may properly refer to lice infestation of any part of the body, the term is sometimes used loosely to refer to pediculosis capitis, the infestation of the human head with the specific head louse. This can typically happen in young children aged 3-11 and is spread from head to head contact.
== Classification == Pediculosis may be divided into the following types: Pediculosis capitis (Head lice infestation) Pediculosis corporis (Body louse infestation, also known as Pediculosis vestimenti, Vagabond's disease) Pediculosis pubis (Pubic louse infestation, also known as phthiriasis)