Select Mites
| | | | | | | Table 4-23 Select Mites (Figure 4.43A) | | | Mite | | Common Name | | Disease | | | Acarus siro | | Grain mite (found in hay, grain, and house dust) | | Baker’s itch | | | Allodermanyssus (Liponyssoides) sanguineus | | House mouse mite | | Rickettsialpox | | | Cheyletiella | | | | Walking dandruff (cats, dogs, rabbits) | | | Dermanyssus gallinae | | Fowl mite | | Equine encephalitis | | | Dermatophagoides farinae | | Dust mite | | Allergic reaction | | | Glyciphagus domesticus | | Cheese mite Grocer’s mite (found in cheese, grains, hay, mattress) | | Grocer’s itch | | | Laelaps, Androlaelaps, Eulaelaps | | Rodent mites | | Murine typhus, tularemia, spotted fever | | | Pyemotes ventricosus | | Straw itch mite | | | | | Trombicla alfreddugesi | | Chigger mite | | Bites (group pruritic vesicles/papules on lower legs) – larva attaches to host and drops off after feeding | | | | | | | |
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