Ectoparasitic infestation

Individual infected with scabies
Specialty| Infectious disease

An ectoparasitic infestation is a parasitic disease caused by organisms that live primarily on the surface of the host.[citation needed]

Examples:

* Scabies
* Crab louse (pubic lice)
* Pediculosis (head lice)[1]
* Lernaeocera branchialis (cod worm)

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Ectoparasiticide

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Estrada B (January 2003). "Ectoparasitic infestations in homeless children". Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 14 (1): 20–4. doi:10.1053/spid.2003.127213. PMID 12748918.

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Classification|

* ICD-10: B85-B89
* ICD-9-CM: 132-134
* MeSH: D004478

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Arthropods and ectoparasite-borne diseases and infestations

Insecta|

| Louse|

* Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation)
* Crab louse (phthiriasis)

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Hemiptera|

* Bed bug (cimicosis)

Fly|

* Dermatobia hominis / Cordylobia anthropophaga / Cochliomyia hominivorax (myiasis)
* Mosquito (mosquito-borne disease)

Flea|

* Tunga penetrans (tungiasis)

Crustacea|

| Pentastomida|

* Linguatula serrata (linguatulosis)
* Porocephalus crotali / Armillifer armillatus (porocephaliasis)

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* For ticks and mites, see Template:Tick and mite-borne diseases and infestations

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