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Descriptor English: Anoplura
Descriptor Spanish: Anoplura
Descriptor Anoplura
Entry term(s) Haematopinus
Hoplopleura
Linognathus
Polyplax
Solenopotes
piojos chupadores
Scope note: Orden de insectos que comprenden los piojos chupadores, que son ectoparásitos hematófagos de los mamíferos. Las familias reconocidas comprenden: Echionphtiriidae, Haematopinidae y Pediculidae. Esta última contiene un importante género médico que afecta a los hombres: PEDICULUS y PHTHIRUS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Anoplura
Descriptor French: Anoplura
Entry term(s): Anopluras
Haematopinus
Hoplopleura
Hoplopleuras
Lice, Sucking
Lices, Sucking
Linognathus
Louse, Sucking
Louses, Sucking
Polyplax
Polyplaxs
Solenopote
Solenopotes
Sucking Lice
Sucking Lices
Sucking Louse
Sucking Louses
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.690.060
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000854
Scope note: An order of insects comprising the sucking lice, which are blood-sucking ectoparasites of mammals. Recognized families include: Echinphthiriidae, Haematopinidae, and Pediculidae. The latter contains the medically important genera affecting humans: PEDICULUS and PHTHIRUS.
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 (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 868
Unique ID: D000854
NLM Classification: QX 502
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Anoplura - Preferred
Concept UI M0001271
Scope note An order of insects comprising the sucking lice, which are blood-sucking ectoparasites of mammals. Recognized families include: Echinphthiriidae, Haematopinidae, and Pediculidae. The latter contains the medically important genera affecting humans: PEDICULUS and PHTHIRUS.
Preferred term Anoplura
Entry term(s) Anopluras
Lice, Sucking
Lices, Sucking
Louse, Sucking
Louses, Sucking
Sucking Lice
Sucking Lices
Sucking Louse
Sucking Louses
Polyplax - Narrower
Concept UI M0001275
Preferred term Polyplax
Entry term(s) Polyplaxs
Hoplopleura - Narrower
Concept UI M0001276
Preferred term Hoplopleura
Entry term(s) Hoplopleuras
Linognathus - Narrower
Concept UI M0001273
Preferred term Linognathus
Solenopotes - Narrower
Concept UI M0001274
Preferred term Solenopotes
Entry term(s) Solenopote
Haematopinus - Narrower
Concept UI M0001272
Preferred term Haematopinus



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