"Aphids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family (Aphididae) of small insects, in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, that suck the juices of plants. Important genera include Schizaphis and Myzus. The latter is known to carry more than 100 virus diseases between plants.
| Descriptor ID |
D001042
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.412.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Aphids- Aphids
- Aphid
- Plant Louse
- Aphididae
- Louse, Plant
- Louses, Plant
- Plant Louses
- Lice, Plant
- Lices, Plant
- Plant Lices
- Plant Lice
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aphids" by people in Profiles.
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Computer modeling of a potential agent against SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) protease. Proteins. 2020 12; 88(12):1557-1558.
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Preference of the aphid Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) for tobacco plants at specific stages of potato virus Y infection. Arch Virol. 2019 Jun; 164(6):1567-1573.