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  2. Demodex folliculorum - Wikipedia

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    Demodex folliculorum is a microscopic mite that can survive only on the skin of humans. [2] [3] Most people have D. folliculorum on their skin. Usually, the mites do not cause any harm, so are considered an example of commensalism rather than parasitism; [4] but they can cause disease, known as demodicosis. [5]

  3. Demodex - Wikipedia

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    Demodex vibrissae. Demodex zalophi. Demodex / ˈdɛmədɛks / is a genus of tiny mites that live in or near hair follicles of mammals. Around 65 species of Demodex are known. [2] Two species live on humans: Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis, both frequently referred to as eyelash mites, alternatively face mites or skin mites.

  4. Ornithonyssus bacoti - Wikipedia

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    Ornithonyssus bacoti (also known as the tropical rat mite and formerly called Liponyssus bacoti) is a hematophagous parasite. [1] It feeds on blood and serum from many hosts. [2] [3] O. bacoti can be found and cause disease on rats and wild rodents most commonly, but also small mammals and humans when other hosts are scarce.

  5. Demodicosis - Wikipedia

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    Demodicosis / ˌdɛmədəˈkoʊsɪs /, also called Demodex folliculitis in humans [1] and demodectic mange ( / dɛməˈdɛktɪk /) or red mange in animals, is caused by a sensitivity to and overpopulation of Demodex spp. as the host's immune system is unable to keep the mites under control. Demodex is a genus of mite in the family Demodecidae.

  6. List of mites associated with cutaneous reactions - Wikipedia

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    Mites associated with cutaneous reactions. Scientific name. Common name (s) Disease (s) caused and/or transmitted. Acarus siro. Flour mite. Baker's itch. Glyciphagus domesticus. Grocer's itch.

  7. Scabies - Wikipedia

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    Scabies ( / ˈskeɪbiːz, ˈskeɪbiiːz /; [10] also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) [1] is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, [1] [3] variety hominis. The word is from Latin: scabere, lit. 'to scratch'. [11] The most common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple -like rash. [2]

  8. Mite - Wikipedia

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    Mites which colonize human skin are the cause of several types of itchy skin rashes, such as gamasoidosis, rodent mite dermatitis, grain itch, grocer's itch, and scabies; Sarcoptes scabiei is a parasitic mite responsible for scabies, which is one of the three most common skin disorders in children.

  9. Human nose - Wikipedia

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    Human nose. The human nose is the first organ of the respiratory system. It is also the principal organ in the olfactory system. The shape of the nose is determined by the nasal bones and the nasal cartilages, including the nasal septum, which separates the nostrils and divides the nasal cavity into two.

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