Ectoparasitic Infestations
"Ectoparasitic Infestations" 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.
Infestations by PARASITES which live on, or burrow into, the surface of their host's EPIDERMIS. Most ectoparasites are ARTHROPODS.
| Descriptor ID |
D004478
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.858.211
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| Concept/Terms |
Ectoparasitic Infestations- Ectoparasitic Infestations
- Ectoparasitic Infestation
- Infestation, Ectoparasitic
- Infestations, Ectoparasitic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ectoparasitic Infestations" by people in Profiles.
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Infestations and fungal diseases. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2014 Sep; 33(3):105.
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What's eating you? Bedbugs revisited (Cimex lectularius). Cutis. 2012 Oct; 90(4):173-5.
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What's eating you? Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), part 2: prevention and control. Cutis. 2010 Jun; 85(6):283-5.
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Treatment of infestations, vector-borne, and zoonotic diseases. Dermatol Ther. 2009 Jul-Aug; 22(4):271-2.
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Detection of Hepatozoon canis in stray dogs and cats in Bangkok, Thailand. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Oct; 1081:479-88.
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Human infestation by larval Amblyomma ticks. Arch Dermatol. 2006 Apr; 142(4):497-500.
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Life-threatening stings, bites, infestations, and parasitic diseases. Clin Dermatol. 2005 Mar-Apr; 23(2):164-70.
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Prevention of arthropod-related disease. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 Dec; 51(6):947-54.
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What's eating you? Ctenocephalides fleas (dog and cat fleas). Cutis. 1998 Jul; 62(1):15.