| infestation of people with lice in kathmandu and pokhara, nepal. | the prevalence of infestation with head lice and body lice, pediculus spp. (phthiraptera: pediculidae) and pubic (crab) lice pthirus pubis (l.) (phthiraptera: pthiridae), was recorded from 484 people in nepal. the prevalence of head lice varied from 16% in a sample of people aged 10-39 years of age, to 59% in street children. simultaneous infestations with head and body lice (double infestations) varied from 18% in slum children to 59% in street children. | 2004 | 15189249 |