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Head lice resistant to pyrethroid insecticides in Britain.
PMID: 7549714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID: PMC2550748
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Cited by 6 PubMed Central articles
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The mode of action of dimeticone 4% lotion against head lice, Pediculus capitis.
Burgess IF.
BMC Pharmacol. 2009 Feb 20; 9:3. Epub 2009 Feb 20.
[BMC Pharmacol. 2009]
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A highly efficacious pediculicide based on dimeticone: randomized observer blinded comparative trial.
Heukelbach J, Pilger D, Oliveira FA, Khakban A, Ariza L, Feldmeier H.
BMC Infect Dis. 2008 Sep 10; 8:115. Epub 2008 Sep 10.
[BMC Infect Dis. 2008]
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Three mutations identified in the voltage-sensitive sodium channel alpha-subunit gene of permethrin-resistant human head lice reduce the permethrin sensitivity of house fly Vssc1 sodium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes.
SupYoon K, Symington SB, Hyeock Lee S, Soderlund DM, Marshall Clark J.
Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2008 Mar; 38(3):296-306. Epub 2007 Dec 4.
[Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2008]
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Patient Drug Information
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Permethrin (Elimite® , Nix® Creme Rinse)
Permethrin kills parasites and their eggs. It is used to treat scabies (a skin infestation) and lice infestations of the head, body, and pubic area ('crabs'). Permethrin does not prevent these infestations.