Phthirus

"Phthirus" 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.

MeSH information

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Lice of the genus Phthirus, family Pediculidae. Phthirus pubis, the crab louse, is usually acquired by sexual contact or contact with infected objects. It is found most frequently in the pubic hair, but also on eyebrows, eyelashes, or on the axillary hairs.

Descriptor ID

D020061

MeSH Number(s)

B01.050.500.131.617.690.060.730

Concept/Terms

Phthirus

Crab Louse

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Phthirus".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Arthropods [B01.050.500.131]
Insects [B01.050.500.131.617]
Phthiraptera [B01.050.500.131.617.690]
Anoplura [B01.050.500.131.617.690.060]
Phthirus [B01.050.500.131.617.690.060.730]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Phthirus" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Phthirus" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 1 publications over 1 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2016	1	0	1

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