Table 1.

Results of a wet combing screening campaign in three primary schools

School	Population	Refusals	Absent	Screened	Positive*
1	239	35	26	178	31
2	177	45	13	160	72
3	261	7	26	228	51
Total	677	87	65	566	145

^*In schools 1 and 3 positive defined as presence of living lice or viable nits; in school 2 as signs of past or present infestation