Authors : Shokri Ayad Halila

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 5 - May

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24MAY1924

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Abstract : Head lice are external parasitic insects, obligatory parasitism on humans, and their presence is widespread in all countries of the world. It affects children and adults, and children are more affected, and girls are more affected than boys. The sample size was about 3795 male and female students, with an average of 292 male and female students in each school. The percentage of boys was 52%, compared to 48% of girls. The number of people infected with the head lice parasite reached 232 male and female patients, representing a rate of 6.1%. While the number of male students infected with the head lice parasite reached 86 boys, out of the total number of boys, numbering 2,115 students, and their percentage was 4%, while the number of girls infected with the head lice parasite reached 146, out of the total number of girls, numbering 1,448 girls, and their percentage was 10% girls infected with head lice. Head. The highest infection rate in one of the schools was 32%, while the percentages in the rest of the schools ranged from 1% to 9%. The infection rate in the first semester was 9%, while in the second semester the percentage was 6.4%, while in the third semester the infection rate was 6.3%, while in the fourth semester the percentage was 6.2%, while the percentage of infected students in the fifth semester was 5.3%, in the semester Sixth, the percentage was 2.4%, which is considered the lowest percentage. The value of Sig = 0.000, which is less than 0.05, showed that the difference between the percentage of injuries in the years of study is a significant difference between the average of injuries and the years of study.

Keywords : Head Lice, Humans, Infestation, Insecticides, Treatment.

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