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Infections > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Ectoparasitic Infestations > Lice Infestations
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Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Ectoparasitic Infestations > Lice Infestations

Preferred term

Lice Infestations  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Pediculoses
  • Pediculosis

Note

  • coord IM with specific louse (IM); head lice: coord IM with SCALP DERMATOSES (IM) and PEDICULUS (IM)

Scope note

  • Parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin by members of the order Phthiraptera, especially on humans by Pediculus humanus of the family Pediculidae. The hair of the head, eyelashes, and pubis is a frequent site of infestation. (From Dorland, 28th ed; Stedman, 26th ed)

History note

  • 1999(1966)

In other languages

  • täisyys

    Finnish

  • icke specificerat lusangrepp
  • muu ihosyöpäläistartunta
  • määrittämätön täitauti
  • pediculosis
  • pediculosis NAS
  • pedikuloosi
  • täi-infestaatio
  • täi-infestaatiot
  • täitartunnat
  • täitartunta
  • täitauti
  • Huvudlössangrepp

    Swedish

  • Infestationer av huvudlöss
  • Pedikulos

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010373

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