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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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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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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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Infestation with Gamasid Mites

1984
Attacks 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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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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Human infestation by Ophionyssus natricis snake mite

British Journal of Dermatology, 1975
A 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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A trombiculid mite infestation of canaries

Australian Veterinary Journal, 1983
D A, Pass, L J, Sue
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Forage mite infestation in the dog

Veterinary Record, 1986
M T, Fox, T J, Sykes, D E, Jacobs
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Imaginary Insect or Mite Infestations

2000
Imaginary 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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