انتشار الإصابة بقمل الرأس Pediculosis humanus capitis لدى تلامذة بعض المدارس الابتدائية في مدينة العمارة

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This study was made to know the ratio of infestation of _Pedict

this study was shown from the external diagnosis to 776 pupils that the total ratio in male was 20.9 % while in female was 46.4%.

Many parameters were used to compared the ratio of infection between male and female in c ifferent school.

The hiah ratio of infection was found between male8.5% at the age ten years while the group 8-10 years had infections more than the pupils with age 6-8 years with high sign different under probability value 0.01.

In female the high infection ratio 19.6% ricorded among the females who have the age between 8-10 but this ratio did not make sign different with the other ratio of infection among other ages.

About the educational and cultural levels of pupils, parents, this study was shown a sign different under probability value p<0.05 in male which have educational families with ratio 3.1% compared with other males which have uneducated families 17.8% , while in female there is no sign different in this side.

The infection ratio was increased between male and female which have families less than five persons with high sign different under probability value p< 0.01 compared with the pupils which have families more than five persons with total ratio 12.6% in male and 28.1% in female.

The high ratio was found recorded in with pupils who have a straight hair in male and female compared with the pupils who have a curly hair.