HEAD LICE CONTAMINATION WITH EMPHASIS ON EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC METHODS IN SCHOOLCHILDREN IN MASHHAD, IRAN, DURING 2017-2018

Head Lice Contamination with Emphasis on Effective Therapeutic Methods in Schoolchildren in Mashhad, Iran, during 2017-2018

Introduction and purpose: Head lice as external parasite contamination is one of the health-threatening issues that despite the upgrading of health, is still a health problem.Methods: This clinical trial study was carried out on 3062 elementary school female students examined for head lice infection in Mashhad, Iran, using cluster-randomized sampli

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The co-occurrence patterns and assembly mechanisms of microeukaryotic communities in geothermal ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Geothermal spring ecosystems, as extreme habitats, exert significant environmental pressure on their microeukaryotic communities.However, existing studies on the stability of microeukaryotic communities in geothermal ecosystems across different habitats and temperature gradients are still limited.In this study, we used high-throughput 18S rDNA sequ

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