Table 4.
Prevalence of head lice in primary school in other countries.
| First author | Country | Publication y | Sample size | Prevalence (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Total | ||||
| Gazmuri [50] | Chile | 2014 | 467 | 23 | 55.2 | 40.3 |
| Abd El Raheem [51] | Egypt | 2015 | 10,935 | — | — | 16.7 |
| Karakuş [1] | Turkey | 2014 | 214 | — | — | 13.5 |
| Gulgun [52] | Turkey | 2013 | 8,122 | 0.9 | 25.2 | 13.1 |
| Değerli [53] | Turkey | 2013 | 342 | 1.1 | 13.7 | 10.2 |
| Değerli [54] | Turkey | 2012 | 772 | 0.2 | 12.9 | 6 |
| Çetinkaya [55] | Turkey | 2011 | 405 | — | — | 10.9 |
| Rassami [56] | Thailand | 2012 | 3,747 | 0 | 47.1 | 23.3 |
| AlBashtawy [57] | Jordan | 2012 | 1,550 | 19.6 | 34.7 | 26.6 |
| Currie [58] | Australia | 2010 | 702 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Oh [59] | Korea | 2010 | 15,373 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 4.1 |
| Toloza [60] | Argentina | 2009 | 1,856 | 26.7 | 36.1 | 29.7 |
| Bachok [61] | Malaysia | 2006 | 463 | — | — | 35 |
| Manrique-Saide [62] | Mexico | 2011 | 140 | — | — | 13.6 |