Ectoparasites: Difference between revisions
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**Arachnids (2 body parts: prosoma and opisthosoma; 8 legs; do NOT have wings or antennae)
**Arachnids (2 body parts: prosoma and opisthosoma; 8 legs; do NOT have wings or antennae)
***[[Ticks]]
***[[Ticks]]
***Mites (e.g. [[Scabies]])
***Mites (e.g. [[scabies]])


==Differential Diagnosis==
==Differential Diagnosis==

Revision as of 22:48, 25 June 2019

Background

  • A taxonomically diverse group of organisms that infest the superficial skin of human beings (and other animals).
  • Refers to pathogens such as ticks, fleas, lice, parasitic flies and mites that attach or burrow into the skin and remain there for a relatively long period of time (2) (not classically blood-sucking arthropods, such as mosquitoes)[1]

Identification

  • Arthropods[2]
    • Insects (3 distinct body parts: head, thorax, and abdomen; head has 2 antennae; thorax has 6 legs; many also have 2 pairs of wings)
    • Arachnids (2 body parts: prosoma and opisthosoma; 8 legs; do NOT have wings or antennae)

Differential Diagnosis

Domestic U.S. Ectoparasites

See also travel-related skin conditions

Ectoparasite & Related Images

See Also

External Links

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References

  1. ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Parasites [Internet]. [cited 2017 Dec 28]. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/about.html
  2. ↑ https://parasite.org.au/para-site/contents/arthropod-intoduction.html
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