INFESTATION BY PEDICULUS-HUMANUS (ANOPLUR A, PEDICULIDAE) IN A METROPOLITAN-AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Authors
LINARDI PM BARATA JMS URBINATTI PR DESOUZA D BOTELHO JR DEMARIA M
Citation
Pm. Linardi et al., INFESTATION BY PEDICULUS-HUMANUS (ANOPLUR A, PEDICULIDAE) IN A METROPOLITAN-AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL, Revista de Saude Publica, 32(1), 1998, pp. 77-81
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Revista de Saude Publica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00348910
Volume
32
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
77 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-8910(1998)32:1<77:IBP(AP>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Adults, nymphs and nits of the Pediculus humanus were found in a frame -house infesting the clothes and bedding of three inhabitants in a sha nty town in S. Paulo county, S. Paulo State. A total of 198 nits were found glued in 15.0 cm(2) of fibres of the infested clothing, giving a ratio of 13.2 nits/cm(2). Having in view that the precarious living c onditions, promiscuity absence of basic sanitation and negligence of t he sanitary authorities in various Brazilian cities, this situation sh ould not be underestimated. This find should be more frequent than an isolated observation.