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ID DOID:5513
Name Pediculus humanus corporis infestation
Definition A lice infestation that is a cutaneous condition caused by parasitic infestation of body lice Pediculus humanus corporis, which feed on the human blood. Body lice can spread epidemic typhus, trench fever, and louse-borne relapsing fever.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000838.htm
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ICD10CM:B85.1

ICD9CM:132.1

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:25188002

UMLS_CUI:C0030758

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

Synonyms

body louse infestation [EXACT]

Pediculus corporis [EXACT]

Pediculus humanus infestation [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a lice infestation

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