Poudel S K S, Barker S C
Department of Science, Janapriya Multiple Campus, Pokhara, Nepal.
Med Vet Entomol. 2004 Jun;18(2):212-3. doi: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00494.x.
The prevalence of infestation with head lice and body lice, Pediculus spp. (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) and pubic (crab) lice Pthirus pubis (L.) (Phthiraptera: Pthiridae), was recorded from 484 people in Nepal. The prevalence of head lice varied from 16% in a sample of people aged 10-39 years of age, to 59% in street children. Simultaneous infestations with head and body lice (double infestations) varied from 18% in slum children to 59% in street children.
在尼泊尔,对484人进行了头虱和体虱(虱属,吸虱目:虱科)以及阴虱(耻阴虱,吸虱目:阴虱科)感染率的记录。头虱感染率在10至39岁人群样本中为16%,而在街头儿童中为59%。头虱和体虱同时感染(双重感染)在贫民窟儿童中为18%,在街头儿童中为59%。