FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease ID (Ontology) DOID:4110 (Human Disease)
Definition A parasitic infectious disease that is caused by organisms that live primarily on the surface of the host.
Also Known As "ectoparasitism"
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  disease by infectious agent
   |__parasitic infectious disease
       |__parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease
           |__leech infestation
           |__lice infestation
           |   |__Pediculus humanus capitis infestation
           |   |__Pediculus humanus corporis infestation
           |   |__Pthirus pubis infestation
           |__mite infestation
           |   |__scabies(+)
           |   |__trombiculiasis
           |__myiasis
           |   |__hypodermyiasis
           |   |__ophthalmomyiasis
           |   |__screw worm infectious disease
           |__tick infestation
           |   |__tick paralysis
           |__tungiasis
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MESH:D004478
UMLS_CUI:C0013578