Household-wide ivermectin treatment for head lice in an impoverished community: randomized observer-blinded controlled trial

• Main Authors: Daniel Pilger (Author), Jorg Heukelbach (Author), Adak Khakban (Author), Fabiola Araujo Oliveira (Author), Gernot Fengler (Author), Hermann Feldmeier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To generate evidence on the effectiveness of household-wide treatment for preventing the transmission of pediculosis capitis (head lice) in resource-poor communities. METHODS: We studied 132 children without head lice who lived in a slum in north-eastern Brazil. We randomized the househol...