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===[[Scabies]]===

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===Trombiculidiasis===

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===[[Trombiculidiasis]]===

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*Harvest mite infestation (chiggers) - [[Trombicula autumnalis|''Trombicula'' sp.]]

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*Form tunnels in epidermis by injecting saliva - eat digested tissue fluid

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*Intense pruritus

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*Grossly:

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**Small, red [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|papules or crusts]]

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**Orange to red larvae

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**On skin close to plants or the ground

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*Microscopically:

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**Hyperplastic, superficial perivascular dermatitis

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**[[Eosinophils|Eosinophils]], [[Mast Cells|mast cells]]

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**Intraepidermal mites

==Protozoa==

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