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Infestation with Gamasid Mites
1984Attacks on man by members of the family Gamasidae (suborder Mesostigmata) have been recorded on a worldwide basis. They not only cause irritating skin eruptions but are also known or suspected vectors of several rickettsial and viral diseases (Table 17.1). Hirst (1922) enumerated five species which attacked humans. The nomenclature of this group in the
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Human infestation by Ophionyssus natricis snake mite
British Journal of Dermatology, 1975A family presented with a papular vesiculo-bullous eruption of the skin, found to be caused by the snake mite, Ophionyssus natricis (Cervais, 1844). A pet python was the primary host. Treatment of the animal and its environment led to clearance of the human skin lesions.
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Imaginary Insect or Mite Infestations
2000Imaginary insect or mite infestations, a condition called delusions of parasitosis (DOP), are not uncommon in the human population. Pest control technicians, entomologists, and physicians (especially dermatologists) frequently encounter these patients who complain of mystery bites or itches which they attribute to tiny insects or mites.
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Scabies And Other Mite Infestations
1998Abstract Species of mites of animals and birds are considered which affect man either directly by causing primary irritation, hypersensitivity reactions, etc. or as vectors of diseases such as scrub typhus. The most important genera of mites in the two categories are Sarcoptes and Leptotrombidium.
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Infestation with Trombiculid Mite Larvae
1984Harvest mites are the larvae of trombiculid mites (see Table 22.1 for other common names). They have been a known cause of skin irritation, often very severe, for a long time and have a worldwide distribution. The first species to be identified, now called Neotrombicula autumnalis, was described in 1790 by Shaw.
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Cnemidocoptic Mite Infestations in Wild Birds
Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association, 1966During 1965 many wild birds were examined for the lesions of “scaly leg” disease, caused by mites of the genus Cnemidocoptes. Mite infestation was found in redwinged blackbirds (Agelaius phocnicus), common grackles (Quiscalus versicolor), cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and in two new hosts for the mite, a black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus) and a ...
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Mite infestations other than scabies.
Seminars in dermatology, 1993Scabies is clearly the primary medical problem involving mites. However, regionally, there is a broad variety of other dermatoses associated with mite exposure, which in some areas vastly exceed the incidence of scabies. Also, scabies is characterized by a cyclical occurrence that is unusual in other mite infestations and mite-associated dermatoses ...
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House mouse mites infesting laboratory rodents.
Laboratory animal science, 1984Liponyssoides sanguineus, principal vector of Rickettsia akari, infested mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) mice (Mus musculus) and laboratory-reared egyptian gerbils (Meriones libycus). Only a few mites were present on each animal and no manifestations of disease were observed. Numerous mites were present in the bedding.
J F, Levine, A L, Lage
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