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MeSH Heading: Mite Infestations
Tree Number(s): C01.610.858.211.480
Unique ID: D008924
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008924
Scope Note: Infestations with arthropods of the subclass ACARI, superorder Acariformes.
Entry Term(s): Acariasis; Demodex Blepharitis; Demodex Folliculitis; Demodex Infestations; Demodex Mite Infestation; Demodex Mite Infestations; Demodex folliculorum Infestations; Demodicosis
Public MeSH Note: 1968; see ACARIASIS 1963-1967
History Note: 1968
Date Introduced: 1968/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000768678
Terms: Demodicosis Preferred Term
Term UI T001146745
Date01/22/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Demodex Infestations
Term UI T001146746
Date01/22/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Demodex Mite Infestation
Term UI T001146748
Date01/22/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Demodex Mite Infestations
Term UI T001146747
Date01/22/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025)

Mite Infestations MeSH Descriptor Data 2026