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Descriptor English: Ctenocephalides
Descriptor Spanish: Ctenocephalides
Descriptor Ctenocephalides
Scope note: Género de PULGAS de la familia Pulicidae. Incluye la pulga del gato (Ctenocephalides felis), una de las especies más frecuentes de la tierra.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ctenocephalides
Descriptor French: Ctenocephalides
Entry term(s): Cat Flea
Cat Fleas
Ctenocephalides felis
Flea, Cat
Fleas, Cat
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.968.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058251
Scope note: A genus of FLEAS in the family Pulicidae. It includes the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), one of the most common species on earth.
Annotation: infestation: coordinate IM with FLEA INFESTATIONS (IM); for killing Ctenocephalides 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: Siphonaptera (1963-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 53876
Unique ID: D058251
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
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Ctenocephalides - Preferred
Concept UI M0541550
Scope note A genus of FLEAS in the family Pulicidae. It includes the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), one of the most common species on earth.
Preferred term Ctenocephalides
Ctenocephalides felis - Narrower
Concept UI M0541551
Preferred term Ctenocephalides felis
Entry term(s) Cat Flea
Cat Fleas
Flea, Cat
Fleas, Cat



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