Permethrin (Perin 5%) is a pyrethroid, prescribed for scabies. It works by killing the scabies mite. The information provided on this page is intended to serve as a comprehensive resource and should ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Ugandan and international collaborators, report that permethrin-treated baby wraps reduced clinical malaria cases in young children ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

We asked pediatricians from all over Germany to send us head lice and received 146 samples, including some of nits only. Using our polymerase-chain-reaction assay targeting the gene encoding the alpha ...

With the weather getting warmer, humans aren’t the only ones going out more. Bug season, which peaks late spring to early summer, is about to usher in massive hatches of mosquitoes, ticks and other ...

Permethrin (Perin 5% Cream) is a pyrethroid, prescribed for scabies. It works by killing the scabies mite. The information provided on this page is intended to serve as a comprehensive resource and ...