Pediculus humanus capitis

Pediculus humanus capitis
the head louse, found on the scalp hair.

Pediculus humanus capitis; dorsal view of adult female containing eggs or nits.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Pediculus humanus capitis — Especie de piojo de la cabeza. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • Pediculus humanus capitis — Kopflaus Kopflaus (Pediculus humanus capitis) Systematik Stamm: Gliederfüßer (Arthropoda) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pediculus humanus capitis — (вошь головная) вид кровососущих насекомых сем. Pediculidae отр. Anoplura; эктопаразит человека, обитающий в волосистой части головы и вызывающий зуд ее кожных покровов; может являться переносчиком возбудителей сыпного и возвратного тифов …   Большой медицинский словарь

  • Pediculus humanus — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Pediculus humanus Piojos humanos de la cabeza. Tienen el cuerpo traslúcido y la cabeza cabeza y el proporcionalmente grandes. escala 1:400 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Pediculus humanus — Pedi …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pediculus humanus humanus — Kleiderlaus Kleiderläuse bei der Begattung Systematik Stamm: Gliederfüßer (Arthropoda) Klasse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pediculosis humanus capitis — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Head lice in humans Caption = Pediculus humanus capitis (♀) ICD10 = ICD10|B|85|0|b|85 ICD9 = ICD9|132.0 ICDO = OMIM = DiseasesDB = 9725 MedlinePlus = 000840 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1769 MeshID =… …   Wikipedia

  • Pediculus humanus — a species that feeds on human blood, is a major vector of epidemic typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever, and causes skin reactions, especially in sensitized persons. It includes two subspecies, P. humanus capitis and P. humanus humanus …   Medical dictionary

  • Pediculus — A genus of parasitic lice (family Pediculidae) that live in the hair and feeds periodically on blood. Important species include P. humanus, the species of louse infecting humans; P. humanus var. capitis, the head louse of humans; P. humanus var.… …   Medical dictionary

  • pediculus — 1. SYN: pedicle (1). [L. pedicle] 2. A louse. See P.. [L.] p. arcus vertebrae [TA] SYN: pedicle of arch of vertebra. * * * pe·dic·u·lus pi dik yə ləs n 1) cap the type genus of the family Pediculidae that includ …   Medical dictionary

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