Pediculus humanus corporis infestation

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
MedicalCondition infectious_disease Q4364722
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Pediculus humanus corporis infestation

Summary

Pediculus humanus corporis infestation is an infectious disease[1]. It draws 81 Wikipedia views per month (infectious_disease category, ranking #190 of 279).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pediculus humanus corporis infestation's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[3].
  • Pediculus humanus corporis infestation's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • Pediculus humanus corporis infestation is a type of ectoparasitism[5].
  • Pediculus humanus corporis infestation is a type of lice infestation[6].
  • Pediculus humanus corporis infestation's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 132.1[7].
  • Pediculus humanus corporis infestation's health specialty is recorded as infectious diseases[8].
  • Pediculus humanus corporis infestation's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_5513[9].
  • Pediculus humanus corporis infestation's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:5513[10].
  • Pediculus humanus corporis infestation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[11].

Why It Matters

Pediculus humanus corporis infestation draws 81 Wikipedia views per month (infectious_disease category, ranking #190 of 279).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Health specialty infectious diseases
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    Instance of infectious disease, class of disease
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39742|batch #39742]]: subclass of disease, not instance"
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