List of mites associated with cutaneous reactions

Many mites can bite human skin and cause cutaneous reaction and/or disease. Mites which cannot bite humans may also transmit disease or cause allergies.

Mites associated with cutaneous reactions
Scientific nameCommon name(s)Disease(s) caused and/or transmitted
Acarus siroFlour miteBaker's itch
Glyciphagus domesticusGrocer's itch
Carpoglyphus passularumFruit miteGrocer's itch
Cheyletiella sppWalking dandruff (Cheyletiella dermatitis, cheyletiellosis)
Cheyletus eruditusGrain itch
Dermanyssus gallinaeBird mite
Red Poultry mite
Gamasoidosis
Dermatophagoides farinaeAmerican house dust miteOral mite anaphylaxis (OMA), Asthma
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinusEuropean house dust miteOral mite anaphylaxis (OMA), Asthma
Laelaps echidninaSpiny rat miteRodent mite dermatitis
Lepidoglyphus destructorHay mite
Leptotrombidium delienseChigger
Trombiculid mite
Scrub typhus
Liponyssoides sanguineus (Allodermanyssus sanguineus)House mouse miteRodent mite dermatitis, Rickettsialpox
Ornithonyssus bacotiTropical rat miteRodent mite dermatitis
Ornithonyssus bursaBird mite
Tropical fowl mite
Gamasoidosis
Ornithonyssus sylviarum Bird mite

Northern fowl mite

Gamasoidosis
Psoroptidae sppCarpet miteFeather pillow dermatitis
Pyemotes herfsiItch miteGrain itch
Sarcoptes scabieiItch miteScabies
Trombicula alfreddugesiChigger
Harvest mite
Grain itch
Trombicula autumnalisChigger
Harvest mite
Grain itch
Tyrophagus neiswanderiCheese miteGrain itch

See also

References

    • Bolognia, Jean L.; et al. (2007). Dermatology. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
    • James, William D.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
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