Pediculus
"Pediculus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Lice of the genus Pediculus, family Pediculidae. Pediculus humanus corporus is the human body louse and Pediculus humanus capitis is the human head louse.
| Descriptor ID |
D010374
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.690.060.716
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| Concept/Terms |
Head Louse- Head Louse
- Head Louses
- Louse, Head
- Louses, Head
- Head Lice
- Head Lices
- Lice, Head
- Lices, Head
Body Louse- Body Louse
- Body Louses
- Louse, Body
- Louses, Body
- Body Lice
- Body Lices
- Lice, Body
- Lices, Body
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