RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease that involves infestation of lice, which are blood-feeding ectoparasitic insects of the order Phthiraptera. (DO)
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
infestation by Pediculus; lice infestations; louse infestation; mixed pediculosis; mixed pediculosis infestation; pediculoses; pediculosis; pediculosis + lice; pediculosis and phthirus infection; pediculosis and phthirus infections; pediculosis and phthirus infestation