COMPARISON BETWEEN THE EFFECT OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES AND IVERMECTIN ON HEAD LICE | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 18, Volume 51, Issue 2, August 2021, Pages 385-390 PDF (746.36 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2021.193324 | ||
| Authors | ||
| SAMAH S. ABDEL GAWAD1; ABDEL-AZIZ EL-RIFAIE2; HANAN ABD ELRAZIK KAMEL2; SHIMAA S. IBRAHIM1; MONA IBRAHIM ALI1 | ||
| 1Departments of Parasitology | ||
| 2Department of Dermatology and Andrology | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Head lice cause social problems for patients as embarrassment, inflammation, skin irritation and secondary bacterial infection. Treating head lice is difficult because of development of resistance to drug. In this study, our aim was to evaluate the effect of titanium dioxide, Ivermectin and Ivermectin-loaded on Titanium dioxide nanoparticles on head lice in vitro. This study was conducted on 50 patients infected with head lice from Beni Suef Governorate. These patients were of all age groups and both sexes. Patients were 13 males and 37 females, with ages ranged from 5 to72years (26.84±19.3). They were 34 rural residents, and 16 urban ones, 37 were at a low socioeconomic level and 13 at a moderate socioeconomic one. Number of family members ranged from (3 to 11) with an average of (6.42±1.9). The results showed that mortality rate for topical Ivermectin (0.2% & 0.5%) was 86% & 94%, respectively, against adult head lice, while 88% and 94%, respectively, against nymphs. Regarding the effect of Titanium dioxide, the percentage mortality effects of Titanium dioxide were 34, 58, & 100% at (2, 6, & 10 mg/L), respectively, against adult head lice, while Titanium dioxide mortality rate was 40, 68 & 96% at (2, 6 &10 mg/L), respectively, against nymphs. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Patients; Head lice; Ivermectin; Titanium dioxide38 | ||
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