Occasional human infestations by feral pigeons' ectoparasites: Two case reports

Dermanyssus infestation is a rural parasitic problem occurs occasionally in urban areas in people with close contact to pigeons. It can be diagnosed through clinical cutaneous symptoms in exposed body parts, nocturnal itching, and presence of mites in infested locations and can be treated by antiaca...

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Autores principales: Akhoundi, Mohammad, Brun, Sophie, Marteau, Anthony, Debédat, Jean, Ben Romdhane, Habib, Izri, Arezki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32695370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2764
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Sumario:Dermanyssus infestation is a rural parasitic problem occurs occasionally in urban areas in people with close contact to pigeons. It can be diagnosed through clinical cutaneous symptoms in exposed body parts, nocturnal itching, and presence of mites in infested locations and can be treated by antiacaricide, environmental, and symptomatic treatments.

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