"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.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.050.500.131.617.690.060.716
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pediculus" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Pediculus" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Pediculus" by people in Profiles.
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Abametapir 0.74% (Xeglyze) for the Treatment of Head Lice. Am Fam Physician. 2022 Jul; 106(1):91-92.
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International recommendations for an effective control of head louse infestations. Int J Dermatol. 2021 Mar; 60(3):272-280.
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Prevalence of pediculosis capitis and associated factors among schoolchildren in Woreta town, northwest Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes. 2019 Jul 30; 12(1):465.
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Ectoparasites: Pediculosis and tungiasis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Mar; 82(3):551-569.
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A 15-Month-Old Boy With Blue-Gray Macules. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 02 01; 171(2):191-192.
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Identification of repellent odorants to the body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis, in clove essential oil. Parasitol Res. 2016 Apr; 115(4):1659-66.
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Mechanism of phospho-ubiquitin-induced PARKIN activation. Nature. 2015 Aug 20; 524(7565):370-4.
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SNPs in Entire Mitochondrial Genome Sequences (˜15.4 kb) and cox1 Sequences (˜486 bp) Resolve Body and Head Lice From Doubly Infected People From Ethiopia, China, Nepal, and Iran But Not France. J Med Entomol. 2014 Nov 01; 51(6):1199-207.
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Pediculosis in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. JAMA Dermatol. 2014 Feb; 150(2):162.
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VectorBase: improvements to a bioinformatics resource for invertebrate vector genomics. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jan; 40(Database issue):D729-34.