Sancassania berlesei (Michael, 1903): an opportunistic mite infesting litters in poultry farms causing dermatitis in humans and animals

Reported herein are some cases of human dermatitis caused by S. berlesei, a mite coming from seriously infested poultry farms. It appears unable to determine traumatic lesions on human skin, but it causes itch and inflammation also at the level of mucosas. Besides this mite can be found accidentally...

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Veröffentlicht in:Italian journal of animal science 2005, Vol.4 (3), p.306-309
Hauptverfasser: Principato, Mario, Lisi, Federica, Moretta, Iolanda, Samra, Nada, Puccetti, Francesco
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Zusammenfassung:Reported herein are some cases of human dermatitis caused by S. berlesei, a mite coming from seriously infested poultry farms. It appears unable to determine traumatic lesions on human skin, but it causes itch and inflammation also at the level of mucosas. Besides this mite can be found accidentally also on reared fowls'wounds by peak.
ISSN:1828-051X
1594-4077
1828-051X
DOI:10.4081/ijas.2005.306