Infestation of people with lice in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 212-213

  Poudel, S K S ^a   Barker, S C ^b  

^a Janapriya Multiple Campus ^*  (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body lice; Crab lice; Head lice; Nepal; Pediculus spp.; Phthiraptera; Prevalence; Pthirus pubis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PEST OUTBREAK; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LOUSE; NEPAL; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; NEPAL; PEDICULUS; PHTHIRUS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; GANDAKI; KATHMANDU; NEPAL; POKHARA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PEDICULIDAE; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; PHTHIRIDAE; PHTHIRUS PUBIS; PTHIRUS;

EID: 2942556921     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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