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Descriptor English: Phthirus
Descriptor Spanish: Phthirus
Descriptor Phthirus
Scope note: Piojo del género Phthirus, familia Pediculidae. El Phthirus pubis, piojo del pubis, usualmente se adquiere por contacto sexual o por contacto con objetos infectados. Con mayor frecuencia se encuentra en el vello pubiano, pero también en las cejas, pestañas o en el vello axilar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Phthirus
Descriptor French: Phthirus
Entry term(s): Crab Lice
Crab Lices
Crab Louse
Crab Louses
Lice, Crab
Lices, Crab
Louse, Crab
Louses, Crab
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.690.060.730
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020061
Scope note: Lice of the genus Phthirus, family Pediculidae. Phthirus pubis, the crab louse, is usually acquired by sexual contact or contact with infected objects. It is found most frequently in the pubic hair, but also on eyebrows, eyelashes, or on the axillary hairs.
Annotation: do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Lice (1965-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
DeCS ID: 33693
Unique ID: D020061
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Phthirus - Preferred
Concept UI M0029768
Scope note Lice of the genus Phthirus, family Pediculidae. Phthirus pubis, the crab louse, is usually acquired by sexual contact or contact with infected objects. It is found most frequently in the pubic hair, but also on eyebrows, eyelashes, or on the axillary hairs.
Preferred term Phthirus
Crab Louse - Narrower
Concept UI M0029769
Preferred term Crab Louse
Entry term(s) Crab Lice
Crab Lices
Crab Louses
Lice, Crab
Lices, Crab
Louse, Crab
Louses, Crab



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