| Here you will find information from head and body lice
(Pediculus humanus) research involving the biology of the parasite and health
issues, including its potential role in disease transmission and the treatment of head
lice in children. This website has as its focus the published scientific findings,
photographic gallery and additional notes from independent researcher, A.M. Bailey. The website is not a comprehensive guide, but rather
an addition, to the research. It does not attempt to provide an introduction to louse
biology, nor is it intended as a medical or health advice source. It is information and
opinion intended for an audience with a prior science research or health background.
Hopefully the select comments and images will generate discussion and stimulate interest
in various areas of pediculosis research. It is a private, self-funded, non-commercial
website.
If you think you are suffering from lice and
need practical help with treatment you may want to look up the page "Public" in
the left directory and the website addresses provided there. However, please act wisely on
your own behalf and consult your doctor for guidance if necessary.
Sources and further information
This website does not provide the text of
recently published studies by A.M. Bailey and P. Prociv . However, sources are given so
that you may follow-up the research if you wish. See notes under "Public" if you
need more information on seeking out research articles.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
- Bailey
AM, Prociv P. Persistent head lice following multiple treatments: Evidence for insecticide
resistance in Pediculus humanus capitis. Australas J Dermatol 2000; 41: 250-54.
- Bailey
AM, Prociv P. Pediculus humanus capitis infestations in the community: A pilot study into
transmission, treatment and factors affecting control. Australian Infection Control. 2001;
6: 95-101.
- Bailey
AM, Persistent head lice following multiple treatments (author's reply). Australas J
Dermatol 2002; 43: 154.
- Bailey
AM, Prociv P. Head lice appearance and behaviour: implications for epidemiology and
control. Australian Infection Control. 2002; 7: 62-71.
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Bailey AM, Prociv P & Petersen HP.
Head lice and body lice: shared traits invalidate assumptions
about evolutionary and medical distinctions. Australian Journal
of Medical Science. 2003:24: 48-62.
OTHER MEDIA IN WHICH FINDINGS BY A. M. BAILEY
AND P. PROCIV WERE PRESENTED.
- de Berker D & Sinclair R. Getting ahead of
head lice. Australas J Dermatol 2000; 41: 209-212.
- Woodhead M. Renewed lice treatment failing.
Australian Doctor, 2001: 23 February.
- Grist J. Condition, don't poison lice.
Australian Pharmacy Trade, 14th June 2001; 2.
- Renee Mickelburgh. The scourge of the
schoolyard. The Sunday Mail, Queensland, 7th February, 2001, Body + Soul, pp 2-3.
- TGA. A review of the regulation of head lice
treatments in Australia July 2001: Draft for comment. 2001. Therapeutic Goods
Administration, Canberra. <www.health.gov.au/tga/docs/html/headlicedr.htm>
- Infectious Diseases in the Health Care
Setting. In: Queensland Health Infection Control Guidelines. Queensland Government. 2nd
Ed. Communicable Diseases Unit, Queensland Health Department. GPO Box 48, Brisbane, Qld.
<http://www.health.qld.gov.au/infectioncontrol/guidelines.html>
- The Second International Congress on
Phthiraptera (ICP2). The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. July 8 - 12, 2002.
http://www.imb.uq.edu.au/ICP2
and http://www.phthiraptera.org.
FURTHER READING OF INTEREST (OTHER AUTHORS'
RESEARCH)
- Nuttall GHF. The biology of Pediculus humanus.
Parasitology 1917;10:80-185.
- Nuttall GHF. Combating lousiness among
soldiers and civilians. Parasitology 1918; 10: 413-586.
- Ferris
Gordon Floyd. 1935. Contributions towards a monograph of the sucking lice. Part VIII.
Biological Sciences vol 11. no. 8 p.
528-620. Stanford University Publications: Stanford University Press, California.
- Buxton 1941. Studies in populations of
head-lice (Pediculus humanus capitis:Anoplura). IV. The composition of populations. Parasitology.
London. vol 33: 224-242.
- Buxton
1947. The Louse. London: Edward Arnold
- Borgnolo
G, Denku B, Chiabrera F & Hailu B. Louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopian children:
a clinical study. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1993; 13, 165-171.
- Apanius
V & Schad GA. Host behaviour and parasite flow. In: Scott ME and Smith G (Eds).
Parasitic and infectious disease epidemiology and ecology. San Diego, California: Academic
Press, 1994: pp115-128.
- Raoult
D. Return of the plagues. Lancet 1998; 352: (suppl IV): 18.
- Rantala
MJ. Human nakedness: adaptation against ectoparasites? Int J Parasitol 1999; 29:
pp1987-1989.
- Raoult
D & Roux V. The body louse as a vector of reemerging human diseases. (review article).
Clinical Infectious Diseases 1999; 29: 888-911
- Bingham P, Kirk S, Hill N & Figueroa J.
The methodology and operation of a pilot randomized control trial of the effectiveness of
the Bug Busting method against a single application insecticide product for head louse
treatment. Public Health 2000; 114:265-8.
- Downs
AMR, Stafford KA, Coles GC. Treatment of head lice (letter). The Lancet 2000; 356: 2008.
- Morsy, T. A., Abou El-Ela, R. G., Morsy,
A.T.A., Nassar, M. M.I., Khalaf, S.A.A.Two contagious ectoparasites in an orphanage
children in Nasr City, Cairo. J of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2000; 30:
727-734.
- Speare R, Buettner PG. Hard data needed on
head lice transmission. Int J Dermatol 2000;39:877-878.
- Downs
AM, Stafford KA, Hunt LP, Ravenscroft JC, Coles GC. Widespread insecticide resistance in
head lice to the over-the-counter pediculocides in England, and the emergence of carbaryl
resistance. Br J Dermatol. 2002 Jan;146(1):88-93.
- Lapierre
J, Perreault M. Outbreak of head pediculosis during SFINCSS-99 isolation experiment. Aviat
Space Environ Med 2002 Mar; 73 (3): 203-5
- Leo
NP, Campbell NJH, Yang X, Barker SC & Mumcuoglu KY. (2002) Evidence from Mitochondrial
DNA that the Head Lice and the Body Lice of Humans (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) are
Conspecific. Journal of Medical Entomology. J Med Entomol 2002; 39(4) :662-6.
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but rather to provide users with information to generate discussion on head lice biology
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