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,
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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
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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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Liu Q, Arseculeratne C, Liu Z, Whitmire J, Grusby MJ, Finkelman FD, Darling TN, Cheever AW, Swearengen J, Urban JF, Gause WC. Simultaneous deficiency in CD28 and STAT6 results in chronic ectoparasite-induced inflammatory skin disease. Infect Immun. 2004 Jul; 72(7):3706-15.