Body lice: a vector for re-emerging disease outbreak in a rehabilitation camp in Northwestern Iran

Abstract

Abstract Objective The report of the outbreak of body louse in northwestern Iran after three decades reminds us again of the danger of the re-emerging of previous epidemics. Results The results of the study that nearly 70% of the patients in a rehabilitation Centre were infected with body louse. In this study, scientific measures were taken to prevent the spread of body lice to healthy people, including isolation of the patients, washing the clothes of those infected at high temperatures, and spraying the rest area, beddings, and blankets. This is a more recent report on an outbreak of body louse in Iran in 2023.

Keywords

• Body louse
• Outbreak
• Re-emerging
• Northwestern Iran
• Rehabilitation camp