"Pediculus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pediculus" by people in Profiles.
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What's eating you? human body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis). Cutis. 2020 03; 105(3):118-120.
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What's eating you? head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis). Cutis. 2017 Dec; 100(6):389-392.
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Treating pediculosis--those nit-picking details. Pediatr Dermatol. 2007 Jul-Aug; 24(4):415-6.
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Nit picking. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005 Jul; 53(1):164-7.
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Pediculosis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 Jan; 50(1):1-12; quiz 13-4.
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Drug-resistant lice. Arch Dermatol. 2003 Aug; 139(8):1061-4.
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What's eating you? Pediculus humanus (head louse and body louse). Cutis. 1999 May; 63(5):259-64.
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Pyrethrins combined with piperonyl butoxide (RID) vs 1% permethrin (NIX) in the treatment of head lice. Am J Dis Child. 1988 Jul; 142(7):768-9.