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Descriptor English: Xenopsylla
Descriptor Spanish: Xenopsylla
Descriptor Xenopsylla
Scope note: Género de pulgas de la familia Pulicidae que incluye las especies vectores primarios de la PESTE BUBÓNICA, Xenopsylla cheopis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Xenopsylla
Descriptor French: Xenopsylla
Entry term(s): Flea, Oriental Rat
Fleas, Oriental Rat
Oriental Rat Flea
Oriental Rat Fleas
Rat Flea, Oriental
Rat Fleas, Oriental
Xenopsylla cheopis
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.968.950
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058260
Scope note: A genus of fleas in the family Pulicidae which includes the species that serves as the primary vector of BUBONIC PLAGUE, Xenopsylla cheopis.
Annotation: infestation: coordinate IM with FLEA INFESTATIONS (IM); for killing Xenopsylla 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 (1964-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 53878
Unique ID: D058260
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: 2017/07/13
Xenopsylla - Preferred
Concept UI M0541639
Scope note A genus of fleas in the family Pulicidae which includes the species that serves as the primary vector of BUBONIC PLAGUE, Xenopsylla cheopis.
Preferred term Xenopsylla
Xenopsylla cheopis - Narrower
Concept UI M0541640
Scope note The oriental rat flea that is a primary vector for BUBONIC PLAGUE and MURINE TYPHUS.
Preferred term Xenopsylla cheopis
Entry term(s) Flea, Oriental Rat
Fleas, Oriental Rat
Oriental Rat Flea
Oriental Rat Fleas
Rat Flea, Oriental
Rat Fleas, Oriental



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