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This study aimed to analyze the epidemiology of fungal scalp infections in southern <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">I<\/jats:styled-content>vory <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>oast during 2008\u20132009.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>From October 2008 to July 2009, 17,745 children ranging in age from 4\u201316\u00a0years, attending urban and rural primary schools in seven towns in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">I<\/jats:styled-content>vory <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>oast, were examined clinically for tinea capitis. Hair stumps and scales were collected from children who showed symptoms suggestive of scalp ringworm. Samples were exposed to direct microscopic examination using 30% potassium hydroxide solution and cultivation on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">S<\/jats:styled-content>abouraud's dextrose agar with or without actidione.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of the 17,745 children who were clinically examined, a total of 2645 exhibited symptoms suggestive of scalp ringworm. Positive cultures for fungi were found in 2458, yielding an overall prevalence of tinea capitis of 13.9%. The majority of infections occurred in males (74.0%). 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Other species were occasionally isolated, including <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content>richophyton violaceum<\/jats:italic> (1.4%) and <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content>richophyton rubrum<\/jats:italic> (0.8%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Epidemiological surveys are an essential tool for developing strategies for infection control.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2012.05733.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,22]],"date-time":"2013-02-22T05:42:03Z","timestamp":1361511723000},"page":"456-460","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":38,"title":["Tinea capitis in schoolchildren in southern <scp>I<\/scp>vory <scp>C<\/scp>oast"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"52","author":[{"given":"Kassi 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