| occupational dermatitis associated with straw itch mites (pyemotes ventricosus). | a 1981 outbreak of dermatitis in austin, tex, was traced to occupational exposure to wheat infested with the straw itch mite, pyemotes ventricosus; the wheat was being sold for decorative purposes by an imported-goods store located on the second floor of a large, modern, shopping mall complex. in addition to an extensive varicelliform skin eruption, one employee also had chills, fever, malaise, diarrhea, and anorexia associated with her exposure to these mites. the straw itch mite has been assoc ... | 1982 | 6210784 |
| chiggers recently infesting spea spp. in texas, usa, were eutrombicula alfreddugesi, not hannemania sp. | upon re-examination of preserved larval chiggers collected from spadefoot toads (spea bombifrons and spea multiplicata) in the southern high plains of texas, usa, and identified previously as hannemania sp., we found them to be eutrombicula alfreddugesi. a review of previous reports of eutrombicula spp. chiggers on amphibian hosts provides context for current findings. all members of the genus hannemania are specialized larval parasites of amphibians, whereas larval e. alfreddugesi are generalis ... | 2011 | 21719825 |