Ectoparasitic Infestations

MeSH code information

• Name
  Ectoparasitic Infestations
• Concept
  Scope note: Infestations by PARASITES which live on, or burrow into, the surface of their host's EPIDERMIS. Most ectoparasites are ARTHROPODS.
• Tree numbers
  • C03.858.211
• Qualifiers
  diagnosis, parasitology, immunology, microbiology, diagnostic imaging, physiopathology, rehabilitation, enzymology, etiology, transmission, mortality, epidemiology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, congenital, diet therapy, drug therapy, therapy, psychology, urine, virology, veterinary, history, classification, complications, economics, embryology, genetics, nursing, radiotherapy, surgery, ethnology, prevention & control, pathology, metabolism