Comparison of Two Combs in the Detection of Head Lice in School Children

and 5 of 146 (3.4%) children in Yesilkoy village were found to harbor live head lice with combing, while none was detected during the visual inspection. The difference between the infestation rates of two cohorts was statistically insignificant (p>0.05). With visual screening, 15 and 16 children with louse eggs were identified in Cavusoglu and Yesilkoy villages, respectively. With combing in these villages, 5 and 8 children, respectively, with louse eggs were identified and 3 and 5 children, respectively, were detected only with combing, not with visual screening. In conclusion, combing is more effective than visual inspection in head lice detection, but there were