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Mite infestations

Dermatologic Therapy, 2009
Mite infestations are important in dermatology because these may cause dermatologic diseases that range from papulosquamous eruptions to urticarial lesions to bullous eruptions and may spread infectious diseases. These clinical manifestations are important to recognize because mite-associated diseases may have systemic complications and may be confused
Damon, McClain, Ali N, Dana, Gary, Goldenberg   +2 more
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Chigger Mite Infestation

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 2003
This article reports on a 45-year-old woman who presented with pruritus and was diagnosed as having chigger mite infestation, a rare condition. The chigger mite larvae were encountered while the patient was traveling in South America. A small erythematous area with a well-circumscribed papule in the sulcus of the second digit of the right foot was ...
Wayne R, Axman, John J, Brummer
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Bird-Mite Infestation

New England Journal of Medicine, 2006
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Kong, Tak K., To, Wing K.
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Dust mite infestation of flour samples

Allergy, 2009
Background:  Ingestion of flour contaminated with dust mite may trigger severe anaphylaxis in tropical and sub‐tropical regions.Aims:  This study aimed to evaluate environmental factors that affect dust mite propagation in the tropics.Materials & Methods:  Dust mites were introduced to a variety of flour samples and incubated at two different ...
Yi, F.C., Chen, J.Y., Chee, K.K., Chua, K.Y., Lee, B.W.   +4 more
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IgE Antibody Response to Mite Antigens in Mite Infested Mice

Immunological Communications, 1979
Mice infested at birth with the mouse mite Myocoptes musculinus developed positive skin tests to mite antigens at the age of 5 weeks. Serum IgE antibodies directed against mite antigens were first detected at 6 weeks of age and high levels of IgE were present as long as 1 year later.
H, Laltoo, T, Van Zoost, L S, Kind
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PIGEON MITES AND HUMAN INFESTATION

New Zealand Entomologist, 1971
(1971). PIGEON MITES AND HUMAN INFESTATION. New Zealand Entomologist: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 90-92.
A. C. G. Heath, A. P. Millthorpe, N. Eves   +2 more
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Ectoparasites: Mites Infestation

External parasites, particularly mites belonging to families such as Dermanyssidae, Macronyssidae, and Trombiculidae, pose a significant threat to poultry production worldwide. These pests, including the poultry red mite (PRM), northern fowl mite, tropical fowl mite, and turkey chigger, not only compromise the health and welfare of poultry but also ...
Jayalakshmi Jaliparthi, Poojasree Alli
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Do spider mite‐infested plants and spider mite trails attract predatory mites?

Ecological Research, 2009
Abstract We questioned the well‐accepted concept that spider mite‐infested plants attract predatory mites from a distance. This idea is based on the preference demonstrated by predatory mites such as Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias‐Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) for volatiles ...
Shuichi Yano, Masahiro Osakabe
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Infestation with Cheyletiellid Mites

1984
Parasite infestation of domestic pets is becoming increasingly recognised as a source of human skin disease. Cheyletiellid mites are the commonest such parasites at present. They were first reported as attacking man by Lomholt (1918) in Copenhagen on the owners of infested cats.
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Mite-borne infections and infestations

2006
Scabies Scabies is an intensely pruritic and highly contagious infestation of the skin caused by the mite, Sarcoptes scabiei . It lives its entire life on the human host. A variant is canine scabies, in which humans become infected from pets, mainly dogs. Canine scabies (i.e., mange) causes patchy loss of hair and itching in affected pets.
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