Article: The REAL Millennium Bug; Head Lice: Age-Old Problem Persists, and Intensifies, in Every Corner of the World, Experts Say; Eradication Unlikely; Control Is Key.

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SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--June 19, 2000

Are head lice the real millennium bug? Will they continue to thrive in the 21st century? ARR HealthTechnologies, distributors of LiceGuard lice treatment products, posed these and other questions on this pesky problem, which afflicts millions of children ages six through twelve annually, to noted epidemiologists Dr. Kosta Mumcuoglu of the Department of Parasitology, Hebrew University--Hadassah Medical School in Israel, Dr. John Maunder, Director of the Medical Entomology Centre at Cambridge, a part of the National Health Service of the United Kingdom and David Taplin, Professor of ...

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