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.

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Infestations by PARASITES which live on, or burrow into, the surface of their host's EPIDERMIS. Most ectoparasites are ARTHROPODS.

Descriptor ID	D004478
MeSH Number(s)	C03.858.211
Concept/Terms	Ectoparasitic Infestations Ectoparasitic Infestations Ectoparasitic Infestation Infestation, Ectoparasitic Infestations, Ectoparasitic

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Diseases [C]
Parasitic Diseases [C03]
Skin Diseases, Parasitic [C03.858]
Ectoparasitic Infestations [C03.858.211]

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