Dermatitis caused by the tropical fowl mite Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese) (Acari: Macronyssidae): a case report in humans

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Centro Universitário UNIVATES, Lajeado, Brazil¹  Mentz, Márcia Bohrer¹  Silva, Carlos Eugênio¹  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil¹  Silva, Guilherme Liberato da¹ 

关键词:  Ornithonyssus bursa;    Hematophagous mites;    Human dermatitis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0170-2015

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

We herein report human dermatitis caused by the tropical fowl mite Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese). The cases occurred in an apartment in a residential district of Porto Alegre City, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where three members of the same family presented with pruritic lesions on the arms and legs. On inspecting the bathroom, several mites measuring approximately 1.0mm in length were observed coming from a nest of Rufous Hornero, Furnarius rufus (Gmelin). This is the first report of O. bursa in the urban area of Porto Alegre City, from a nest of F. rufus that bites humans.Keywords: Ornithonyssus bursa; Hematophagous mites; Human dermatitis

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