lice infestation

parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease that involves infestation of lice, blood-feeding ectoparasitic insects of the order Phthiraptera
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q1343674
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Summary

lice infestation is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (392 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • lice infestation's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
  • lice infestation is a type of ectoparasitism[4].
  • lice infestation is a type of arthropod infestation[5].
  • lice infestation is a type of Anoplura infestation[6].
  • lice infestation is a type of infectious disease[7].
  • lice infestation's Commons category is recorded as Pediculus humanus capitis[8].
  • lice infestation's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as S73[9].
  • lice infestation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • lice infestation's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 132.9[11].
  • lice infestation's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C128401[12].
  • lice infestation's health specialty is recorded as infectious diseases[13].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as permethrin[14].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as lindane[15].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as malathion[16].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as piperonyl butoxide[17].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as ivermectin[18].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as clorsulon[19].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as spinosad[20].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as methoxychlor[21].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as malathion[22].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as permethrin[23].
  • lice infestation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as teflubenzuron[24].
  • lice infestation's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_5502[25].
  • lice infestation's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:5502[26].
  • lice infestation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[27].

Why It Matters

lice infestation ranks in the top 8% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (392 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → pediculosis
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fr', 'gl', 'hy', 'i
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: pediculosis, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954194|pediculosis (#289954194)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 14w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → ectoparasitism, arthropod infestation, Anoplura infestation +1
    Instance of → class of disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39943|batch #39943]]: deprecate redundant disease superclasses"
  3. 14w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → ectoparasitism, arthropod infestation, Anoplura infestation +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Health specialty → infectious diseases
    Instance of → class of disease
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531680205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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