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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.
Jerome Goddard, Jerome Goddard
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Mite infestations

Veterinary Record, 1980
D. C. Brockis
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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 ...
John J Brummer, Wayne R Axman
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Bird-Mite Infestation

New England Journal of Medicine, 2006
A 46-year-old woman and her husband had their sleep disturbed by pruritus, waking up to find similar, itchy papular lesions over their finger webs (Panel A), axillae, groins, and buttocks. They found small (less than 1 mm) mites (Panel B) moving across their skin, which light microscopy revealed to be Ornithonyssus bursa (Panel C), bloodsucking bird ...
Kong, Tak K., To, Wing K.
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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.
N. Eves, A. C. G. Heath, A. P. Millthorpe   +2 more
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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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Responses of Apple Trees to Mite Infestations: I1

Journal of Economic Entomology, 1952
S. E. Lienk, O. F. Curtis, P. J. Chapman
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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.
T. Van Zoost, H. Laltoo, L. S. Kind
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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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