Head lice: impact of COVID-19 and slow recovery of prevalence in Cambridgeshire, UK
Following school closures and changes in contact behavior of children and adults a reduced head louse prevalence has been reported from across the globe. In parallel, sales of treatments were observed to fall, partly because of supply problems of some products following the pandemic, but this did no...
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| description | Following school closures and changes in contact behavior of children and adults a reduced head louse prevalence has been reported from across the globe. In parallel, sales of treatments were observed to fall, partly because of supply problems of some products following the pandemic, but this did not appear to result in more cases of infestation. Surveys of schools in and around Cambridge, UK, found that infestation rates were significantly reduced particularly in city schools compared with similar surveys conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic. Contrary to expectation the number of cases in schools has only risen slowly since schools returned to normal full time working in 2022–2023. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-029cff4396cf41d6bc8aaa63cf9393032023-12-03T09:49:36ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592023-09-0111e1600110.7717/peerj.16001Head lice: impact of COVID-19 and slow recovery of prevalence in Cambridgeshire, UKIan F. Burgess0Elizabeth R. Brunton1Mark N. Burgess2Medical Entomology Centre, Insect Research & Development Limited, Cambridge, UKMedical Entomology Centre, Insect Research & Development Limited, Cambridge, UKMedical Entomology Centre, Insect Research & Development Limited, Cambridge, UKFollowing school closures and changes in contact behavior of children and adults a reduced head louse prevalence has been reported from across the globe. In parallel, sales of treatments were observed to fall, partly because of supply problems of some products following the pandemic, but this did not appear to result in more cases of infestation. Surveys of schools in and around Cambridge, UK, found that infestation rates were significantly reduced particularly in city schools compared with similar surveys conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic. Contrary to expectation the number of cases in schools has only risen slowly since schools returned to normal full time working in 2022–2023.https://peerj.com/articles/16001.pdfCOVID-19Head lice infestationPrevalenceLockdown effectSchoolsPediculicide sales |
| spellingShingle | Ian F. Burgess Elizabeth R. Brunton Mark N. Burgess Head lice: impact of COVID-19 and slow recovery of prevalence in Cambridgeshire, UK PeerJ COVID-19 Head lice infestation Prevalence Lockdown effect Schools Pediculicide sales |
| title | Head lice: impact of COVID-19 and slow recovery of prevalence in Cambridgeshire, UK |
| title_full | Head lice: impact of COVID-19 and slow recovery of prevalence in Cambridgeshire, UK |
| title_fullStr | Head lice: impact of COVID-19 and slow recovery of prevalence in Cambridgeshire, UK |
| title_full_unstemmed | Head lice: impact of COVID-19 and slow recovery of prevalence in Cambridgeshire, UK |
| title_short | Head lice: impact of COVID-19 and slow recovery of prevalence in Cambridgeshire, UK |
| title_sort | head lice impact of covid 19 and slow recovery of prevalence in cambridgeshire uk |
| topic | COVID-19 Head lice infestation Prevalence Lockdown effect Schools Pediculicide sales |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/16001.pdf |
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