Canine atopic dermatitis: detailed guidelines for diagnosis and allergen identification. [PDF]
BMC Vet Res, 2015 Background: Canine atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common, genetically predisposed, inflammatory and pruritic skin disease. The variation in clinical presentations, due to genetic factors, extent of the lesions, stage of the disease, secondary infections, as
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Habitat and Season Drive Chigger Mite Diversity and Abundance on Small Mammals in Peninsular Malaysia. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Chigger mites are vectors of the bacterial disease scrub typhus, caused by Orientia spp. The bacterium is vertically transmitted in the vector and horizontally transmitted to terrestrial vertebrates (primarily wild small mammals), with humans as ...
Alkathiry H +16 more
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Multi-Locus Sequence Analysis Indicates Potential Cryptic Speciation in the Chigger Mite Neoschoengastia gallinarum (Hatori, 1920) Parasitising Birds in Asia. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Neoschoengastia gallinarum is widely distributed in Asia, preferentially parasitising birds, and heavy infestations have clinical impacts on domestic fowl.
Rajasegaran P +11 more
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Genomes of trombidid mites reveal novel predicted allergens and laterally transferred genes associated with secondary metabolism. [PDF]
Gigascience, 2018 Trombidid mites have a unique lifecycle in which only the larval stage is ectoparasitic. In the superfamily Trombiculoidea (“chiggers”), the larvae feed preferentially on vertebrates, including humans.
Dong X +9 more
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Myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-negative microscopic polyangiitis with pulmonary haemorrhage and IgA nephropathy. [PDF]
Case Rep Dermatol, 2011 Aim: To report a case of a patient with myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-negative microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and IgA nephropathy associated with severe pulmonary haemorrhage.
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Medically important trombiculids: a systematic review of the global distribution and clinical consequences of their bites [PDF]
, 2021 Background: Mites are among the smallest arthropods that can be seen without magnification, were the use of dermatoscopy is an invaluable tool. They are a cosmopolitan pest, and at the moment more than 250 species have been shown to produce problems for ...
Javier-Olivera, Mario +1 more
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Nivel de estrés académico en estudiantes de enfermería durante la pandemia de COVID-19 [PDF]
, 2021 Introduction. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the emotional health of the population, with different and inappropriate responses depending on the affected group.
Asenjo-Alarcón, José A. +2 more
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A case of domestic goat parasitism by Neotrombicula heptneri (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in Turkey [PDF]
, 2015 International audienceA chigger mite Neotrombicula heptneri Kudryashova, 1973, which was originally described from three gerbillid species in Iran, is for the first time recorded in Turkey and on the domestic goat Capra hircus L. It is the second chigger
Kar, S., Stekolnikov, A.A.
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The chigger microbiome: big questions in a tiny world [PDF]
, 2023 'Chiggers' (trombiculid mite larvae) are best known as vectors of rickettsial pathogens, Orientia spp., which cause a zoonosis, scrub typhus. However, several other pathogens (e.g., Hantaan orthohantavirus, Dabie bandavirus, Anaplasma spp., Bartonella ...
Chaisiri, Kittipong +2 more
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Autofluorescence microscopy for paired-matched morphological and molecular identification of individual chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae), the vectors of scrub typhus. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 BackgroundConventional gold standard characterization of chigger mites involves chemical preparation procedures (i.e. specimen clearing) for visualization of morphological features, which however contributes to destruction of the arthropod host DNA and ...
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