The Incidence of Scabies and Head Lice and Their Associated Risk Factors among Displaced People in Cham Mishko Camp, Zakho City, Duhok Province, Iraq

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		Head pediculosis infestation
Variables		Number of infestation/totals	%	p-value
Gender	Male	90/646	13.9	0.000
Gender	Female	381/654	58.2	0.000
Age (years)	1-10	270/675	40	0.033
	11-20	37/101	36.6
	21-30	24/75	32
	31-40	34/130	26.1
	41-50	57/180	31.6
	50⁺	49/139	35.2
Family members	1-5	109/533	20.4	0.000
	6-10	198/547	36.1
	10⁺	164/220	74.5
Total		471/1300	36.2

		Scabies infestation
Variables		Number of infestation/totals	%	p-value
Gender	Male	301/646	46.6	0.251
Gender	Female	284/654	43.4	0.251
Age (years)	1-10	325/675	48.1	0.018
	11-20	41/101	40.6
	21-30	35/75	46.7
	31-40	60/130	46.1
	41-50	80/180	44.4
	50⁺	44/139	31.6
Family members	1-5	216/533	40.5	0.023
	6-10	260/547	47.5
	10⁺	109/220	49.5
Total		585/1300	45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2020-050 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331

Language: English

Page range: 463 - 469

Submitted on: Sep 7, 2020

Accepted on: Nov 20, 2020

Published on: Dec 27, 2020

Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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