Pediculus humanus capitis infestation

Summary

Pediculus humanus capitis infestation (MONDO:0003471) is a disease. A subtype of lice infestation — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	Pediculus humanus capitis infestation
Mondo ID	MONDO:0003471
DOID	DOID:5501
SNOMED CT	81000006
UMLS	C0030757
MedGen	508022
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: infections, Pediculus humanus capitis · Pediculus capitis [head louse] · Pediculus humanus capitis infection

Disease family

This is a subtype of lice infestation. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism › infectious disease › parasitic infectious disease › parasitic skin disorder › parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease › lice infestation › Pediculus humanus capitis infestation

Related subtypes (2): Pthirus pubis infestation, Pediculus humanus corporis infestation

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.