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permethrin

 [per-meth´rin]
a topical insecticide used in the treatment of scabies and head louse or tick infestation. It is also applied to objects such as furniture and bedding.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

permethrin

(pər-mĕth′rĭn)
n.
A synthetic pyrethroid, C21H20Cl2O3, used as an agricultural, industrial, and residential insecticide, to treat scabies and head lice in humans, and to control fleas and ticks in dogs.
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permethrin

Acticin® Infectious disease A topical insecticide used for scabies and head lice. See Head lice, Scabies.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

permethrin

A drug used externally in a hair rinse to get rid of head lice. The drug is on the WHO official list. A brand name is Lyclear.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

Permethrin

A medication used to rid the scalp of head lice. Permethrin works by paralyzing the lice, so that they cannot feed after hatching within the 24 hours required for survival.
Mentioned in: Lice Infestation
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Two years after the mass drug administration (MDA) campaign, scabies prevalence remained much lower than at baseline, with clinical scabies diagnosed in 15.2% of the usual care group, 13.5% of the permethrin group, and just 3.6% of the ivermectin group.
Although not harmful to humans, permethrin, in its liquid form, can be harmful to fish.
Deltamethrin 0.0075 g ai/m2, Permethrin 0.0625 g ai/m2, Cypermethrin 0.025 g ai/m2), and four combinations with PBO (1: 0.125, 1:0.25, 1:0.5 and 1:1) were used in the assays (Table I).
Barley states that after the application of the Permethrin, he told Lowe of the burning sensation he felt and begged her to let him wash it off, but she denied this request.
Woudneh & Oros [21] found the compounds bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, delta / tralomethrin, flucythrinate, [lambda]-cyhalothrin, permethrin and phenothrin in five affluent sediments from the San Francisco Bay, USA.
Previously, it has been reported that oxidative stress is a cause of permethrin exposure.[8],[9],[10] The electron microscope examination revealed that permethrin exposure caused to prominent histomorphometric alterations including vacuolization of Sertoli, and disorganization of the basement membrane.
"If cats that have been poisoned by permethrin are not treated correctly, it can be fatal.
Technical grade permethrin, bifenthrin, and malathion (Chemservice, Westchester, Pennsylvania) were chosen to match the active ingredients used in local control measures.
Building upon preliminary trials and field observations, the objectives of this study were to assess the efficacy of azadirachtin, DOT, and permethrin insecticides for protecting previously phytosanitized small black walnut logs from colonization by the walnut twig beetle.
Mites were randomly allocated to two groups: group A (5% permethrin) and group B (1% ivermectin).
Long-lasting permethrin impregnated uniforms: A randomized-controlled trial for tick bite prevention.