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Preferred term

Pediculus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Nits
  • Pediculi

Note

  • infestation: coordinate IM with PEDICULOSIS see LICE INFESTATIONS (IM); for killing Pediculus with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES

Scope note

  • Lice of the genus Pediculus, family Pediculidae. Pediculus humanus corporus is the human body louse and Pediculus humanus capitis is the human head louse.

History note

  • 75; was see under LICE 1963-74

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010374

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