Anoplura
"Anoplura" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An order of insects comprising the sucking lice, which are blood-sucking ectoparasites of mammals. Recognized families include: Echinphthiriidae, Haematopinidae, and Pediculidae. The latter contains the medically important genera affecting humans: PEDICULUS and PHTHIRUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000854
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.690.060
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| Concept/Terms |
Anoplura- Anoplura
- Anopluras
- Sucking Lice
- Lice, Sucking
- Lices, Sucking
- Sucking Lices
- Sucking Louse
- Louse, Sucking
- Louses, Sucking
- Sucking Louses
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anoplura" by people in Profiles.
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Bell KC, Allen JM, Johnson KP, Demboski JR, Cook JA. Disentangling lousy relationships: Comparative phylogenomics of two sucking louse lineages parasitizing chipmunks. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2021 02; 155:106998.