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Descriptor English: Ectoparasitic Infestations
Descriptor Spanish: Infestaciones Ectoparasitarias
Descriptor infestaciones ectoparasitarias
Entry term(s) infestaciones por ectoparasitos
Scope note: Infestaciones por parásitos que viven fuera del cuerpo del huésped.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ectoparasitoses
Descriptor French: Ectoparasitoses
Entry term(s): Ectoparasitic Infestation
Infestation, Ectoparasitic
Infestations, Ectoparasitic
Tree number(s): C01.610.858.211
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004478
Scope note: Infestations by PARASITES which live on, or burrow into, the surface of their host's EPIDERMIS. Most ectoparasites are ARTHROPODS.
Annotation: general only: prefer specifics; coordinate IM with ectoparasite (IM); refers to ectoparasite on or within the skin so do not coordinate with SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC
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
Previous Indexing: Parasitic Diseases (1966-1967)
specific parasite
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
DeCS ID: 4546
Unique ID: D004478
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Ectoparasitic Infestations - Preferred
Concept UI M0007037
Scope note Infestations by PARASITES which live on, or burrow into, the surface of their host's EPIDERMIS. Most ectoparasites are ARTHROPODS.
Preferred term Ectoparasitic Infestations
Entry term(s) Ectoparasitic Infestation
Infestation, Ectoparasitic
Infestations, Ectoparasitic



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