Human Head Louse

Preferred Label : Human Head Louse;

NCIt synonyms : Pediculus humanus capitis; Head Louse; Head Lice;

NCIt definition : Small parasitic insects that can cause a itching red rash to the skin of the waist, shoulders, armpits, neck and pubic area. Commonly spread from person-to-person via close contact. The eggs (nits) of head lice can be mistaken for dandruff, but they are adherent to the hair shafts.;

Taxon ID : 121226;

Details

Origin ID

C34905;

UMLS CUI

C0411280;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Head lice [HPMULTI term]
- pediculosis/skin infestation other [ICPC-2 Rubric]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Head lice [MedDRA LLT]
- Pediculosis capitis [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Pediculosis capitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pediculosis due to Pediculus humanus capitis [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Pediculosis due to Pediculus humanus capitis [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Pediculus capitis [DeCS]
- Pediculus capitis [head louse] [ICD-9 code]
- Pediculus humanus capitis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- head lice [MedlinePlus Topic]
- head louse [MeSH concept]
- pediculosis capitis [SNOMED Notion]
- pediculus capitis [Disease (Nov.)]
- pediculus humanus capitis [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pediculus humanus capitis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- head lice [MedlinePlus Topic]
- head louse [MeSH concept]
- nit, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- pediculus humanus capitis [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- pediculus [MeSH Descriptor]

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