Tag: head lice resistance to insecticides

A Better Picture of Head-Lice Transmission, Aided by Math and a Fine-Toothed Comb

April 9, 2018 // by NPA

"As evidence mounts that head lice are developing resistance to widely used insecticides, the fight against lice is helped by a better understanding of how they spread—and how to stop them. Controlled studies of transmission of head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) in real-world settings aren’t exactly feasible, though, because the most accurate investigation would require somehow tracking the detailed movements of, say, a classroom full of children as well as the individual lice those children might be carrying. So, researchers must find different ways to get at the same kind of information." See full article at Entomology Today. …

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The Kid Still Has Lice

January 7, 2003 // by NPA

As millions of children return to school this week after the holidays, so will head lice. It's not a new problem, but studies suggest the insects are becoming more resistant to treatment. By Sharon Kirkey - National Post Carolyn, a working mother of three, tries not to let the little things faze her. But when her middle child came home with grayish white lice eggs glued to her hair, she "freaked." She rushed to the drugstore and bought boxes of insecticide-laced shampoos, then scrubbed every head in the house, including her own. She bagged the stuffed toys, washed the sheets, towels, pillowcases and hats, and obsessed about lice lurking in the mattresses. Morning and night, she picked through her six-year-old's hair with a nit comb, prying empty lice shells off with her …

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