Human Follicular Mites: Ectoparasites Becoming Symbionts

Most humans carry mites in the hair follicles of their skin for their entire lives. Follicular mites are the only metazoans that continuously live on humans. We propose that Demodex folliculorum (Acari) represents a transitional stage from a host-injuring obligate parasite to an obligate symbiont. H...

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Autores principales: Smith, Gilbert, Manzano-Marín, Alejandro, Reyes-Prieto, Mariana, Antunes, Cátia Sofia Ribeiro, Ashworth, Victoria, Goselle, Obed Nanjul, Jan, Abdulhalem Abdulsamad A, Moya, Andrés, Latorre, Amparo, Perotti, M Alejandra, Braig, Henk R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Discoveries
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9218549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35724423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac125

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9218549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35724423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac125

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