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