12. LIFE CYCLE I lay between 1 and 5 eggs every day! Starting as an egg, it takes me 30 days to become an adult! I ’ll molt 5 times before I become an adult! I ’ll live about 10 months and lay between 300 and 500 eggs! I may live up to a year without feeding
62. INCUBATION • In people without previous exposure the incubation period is 2-6 weeks before the onset of itching. • People who have been previously infested develop symptoms 1-4 days after exposure. People are infectious until the mites and eggs are destroyed by treatment (usually 1 treatment, occasionally 2 treatments).
78. VISITORS /Patient Movement • All visitors must wear gloves and gowns at all time while in the room until 24 hours after commencement of treatment. CONTACT PRECAUTIONS • Limit patient movement outside the room to medically necessary/essential procedures. • Before the patient is transferred, the ward/unit in which the patient is isolated should notify the accepting area that the patient has lice or scabies and requires additional CONTACT PRECAUTIONS.
82. Public Health Entomologist Contact Info Rosmarie Kelly, PhD MPH 2 Peachtree St NW Atlanta Office: 404-657-2912 Cell: 404-408-1207 [email_address] http://health.state.ga.us/epi/zvbd/infest/index.asp
Editor's Notes
Exponential! Just over 4 mo 10K bugs
Critter and Varmint Infestions Among the Homeless-HCH 2010 A. Strehlow
. Nits are lice eggs. They are found firmly attached to the hair shaft and are easily overlooked as dandruff or hairspray. They take about 1 week to hatch. Nymphs are baby lice. They mature into adult lice 7 days after hatching. To live, it must feed on blood. The adult louse is about the size of a sesame seed. Adult lice can live up to 30 days on a person ’ s head. They usually die within 2 days away from a human host. Important to note that lice are crawling insects, they cannot hop, jump or fly.
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Critter and Varmint Infestions Among the Homeless-HCH 2010 A. Strehlow
Critter and Varmint Infestions Among the Homeless-HCH 2010 A. Strehlow
Critter and Varmint Infestions Among the Homeless-HCH 2010 A. Strehlow
Critter and Varmint Infestions Among the Homeless-HCH 2010 A. Strehlow
Symptoms of Head Lice
In animals, a similar mite causes mange No direct systemic disease process as with other insect bites, mosquitoes and encephalitis, ticks and RMS or lyme They can be very prolific, yet can easily be washed off if not burrowed. Female will take up to one hour to successfully burrow Prevention = Hand Washing!
Critter and Varmint Infestions Among the Homeless-HCH 2010 A. Strehlow scabies burrow - diagram
In animals, a similar mite causes mange No direct systemic disease process as with other insect bites, mosquitoes and encephalitis, ticks and RMS or lyme They can be very prolific, yet can easily be washed off if not burrowed. Female will take up to one hour to successfully burrow Prevention = Hand Washing!
Critter and Varmint Infestions Among the Homeless-HCH 2010 A. Strehlow
In animals, a similar mite causes mange No direct systemic disease process as with other insect bites, mosquitoes and encephalitis, ticks and RMS or lyme They can be very prolific, yet can easily be washed off if not burrowed. Female will take up to one hour to successfully burrow Prevention = Hand Washing!
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