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Descriptor English: Amblycera
Descriptor Spanish: Amblycera
Descriptor Amblycera
Entry term(s) amblíceros
Scope note: Suborden de piojos masticadores del orden PHTHIRAPTERA, que son ectoparásitos de las aves domésticas y de algunos mamíferos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Amblíceros
Descriptor French: Amblycera
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.690.050
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058325
Scope note: A suborder of chewing lice, in the order PHTHIRAPTERA, that are ectoparasites of poultry and some mammals.
Annotation: infestation: coordinate IM with LICE INFESTATIONS (IM); for killing Amblycera with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES
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: Phthiraptera (1983-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011; see MALLOPHAGA 1999-2010
History Note: 2011; use PHTHIRAPTERA 1999-2010
DeCS ID: 53874
Unique ID: D058325
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Amblycera - Preferred
Concept UI M0012937
Scope note A suborder of chewing lice, in the order PHTHIRAPTERA, that are ectoparasites of poultry and some mammals.
Preferred term Amblycera



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