Efficacy of a single treatment of head lice with a neem seed extract: An in vivo and in vitro study on nits and motile stages

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 277-280

  Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^a   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^b   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; LICENER; SHAMPOO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NIT; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LICE INFESTATIONS; PEDICULUS; SEEDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 84857042470     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2484-3     Document Type: Article

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