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Descriptor English: Lice Infestations
Descriptor Spanish: Infestaciones por Piojos
Descriptor infestaciones por piojos
Entry term(s) pediculosis
Scope note: Ataque o persistencia en la piel de parásitos del orden Phthiraptera, especialmente, en los seres humanos, por Pediculus humanus, de la familia Pediculidae. Frecuentemente están infestados el cabello, las cejas y el vello público. (Dorland, 28th ed; Stedman, 26th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Infestações por Piolhos
Descriptor French: Pédiculoses
Entry term(s): Infestation, Lice
Infestations, Lice
Lice Infestation
Pediculoses
Pediculosis
Tree number(s): C01.610.858.211.465
C17.800.838.775.580
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010373
Scope note: Parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin by members of the order Phthiraptera, especially on humans by Pediculus humanus of the family Pediculidae. The hair of the head, eyelashes, and pubis is a frequent site of infestation. (From Dorland, 28th ed; Stedman, 26th ed)
Annotation: coord IM with specific louse (IM); head lice: coord IM with SCALP DERMATOSES (IM) and PEDICULUS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 1999; see PEDICULOSIS 1966-1998; for LICE INFESTATIONS see PEDICULOSIS 1998
History Note: 1999(1966)
DeCS ID: 10566
Unique ID: D010373
NLM Classification: WR 375
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Lice Infestations - Preferred
Concept UI M0016085
Scope note Parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin by members of the order Phthiraptera, especially on humans by Pediculus humanus of the family Pediculidae. The hair of the head, eyelashes, and pubis is a frequent site of infestation. (From Dorland, 28th ed; Stedman, 26th ed)
Preferred term Lice Infestations
Entry term(s) Infestation, Lice
Infestations, Lice
Lice Infestation
Pediculoses
Pediculosis



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