Difference between revisions of "Category:Burrowing Mites"

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 **'''[[Trixacarus|''Trixacarus'']]
 **'''[[Demodex|''Demodex'']]
+**'''[[Notoedres|''Notoedres'']]
-===''Notoedres''===
-*Known as feline scabies
-*Also common ectoparasite of tropical bats
-*Parasite of cats, rats, man and rabbits
-'''Recognition'''
-*Similar to ''Sarcoptes''
-*Less distinct angles on body surface
-*Females have suckers on legs 1 and 2
-*Females are about 225μm in length and males 150μm
-*Anal opening is distinctly dorsal (not posterior)
-'''Pathogenesis'''
-*Infection begins on the ear tips and spreads over the body
-*''Notoedres cati'' in [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Notoedric mites|notoedric skin infestation]]
-*Causes dermatitis
-*Burrowing of females damages keratinocytes leading to cytokine release
-*Hypersensitivity reaction may occur
-'''Diagnosis'''
-*Superficial skin scraping
-*A single nest in a scraping may yield many mites
 [[Category:Mites]]