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Culture Techniques for Rearing Soil Anthropods [PDF]
Excerpt: Interest in soil biology has been prompted by recent investigations into the action of insecticides on plants and animals. Observations in the field must be supplemented by laboratory investigations conducted under controlled conditions ...
Butcher, James W+2 more
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Chiggers are ectoparasites and can cause severe dermatitis in their hosts, known as trombiculiasis. Besides that, these mites can be vectors of bacteria of the genus Orientia, in various regions of the world.
Rodrigo Santos-Rodrigues+6 more
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Outbreak of tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) dermatitis in a home for disabled persons [PDF]
Five mentally handicapped individuals living in a home for disabled persons in Southern Germany were seen in our outpatient department with pruritic, red papules predominantly located in groups on the upper extremities, neck, upper trunk and face.
Beck W+16 more
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Scrub typhus, a disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, affects more than one billion people globally with an average fatality rate of 6%. Humans are accidentally infected through the bite of trombiculid mite larvae (chiggers).
Rawadee Kumlert+3 more
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Factors associated with diversity, quantity and zoonotic potential of ectoparasites on urban mice and voles [PDF]
Wild rodents are important hosts for tick larvae but co-infestations with other mites and insects are largely neglected. Small rodents were trapped at four study sites in Berlin, Germany, to quantify their ectoparasite diversity.
A Dizij+138 more
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Based on a long-term field investigation in the five provincial regions of Southwest China between 2001 and 2019, the present paper studied the infestation and related ecology of chigger mites (chiggers) on the large Chinese vole (Eothenomys miletus), an
Bei Li+9 more
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A new sand mite of Schoengastia (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the soil under camel’s thorn in Iran
A new species of the sand-mite or chigger Schoengastia Oudemans, 1910 collected from the soil under camel’s thorn (Alhagi maurorum Medik) in Iran is described.
Ting-Huan Wen+2 more
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The first record of mites in the parenchyma of Juncus procerus in marshey wetlands in the region of Bio Bio, Chile, is presented. Nine genera and families and three suborders were found.
Romina Villagrán-Mella+2 more
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