Human Dermatitis Caused by Ophionyssus natricis, a Snake Mite
Ophionyssus natricis is a purely blood sucking parasite of snakes and of worldwide distribution. Infected snakes often exhibit lethargy, pruritus, crusting dermatitis,and behavioral changes. Ophionyssus natricis can also attack humans, causing popular vesiculo-bullous eruption of the skin. A 29 year...
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| author | Emad Amanatfard Mohammad Reza Youssefi Alireza Barimani |
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| description | Ophionyssus natricis is a purely blood sucking parasite of snakes and of worldwide distribution. Infected snakes often exhibit lethargy, pruritus, crusting dermatitis,and behavioral changes. Ophionyssus natricis can also attack humans, causing popular vesiculo-bullous eruption of the skin. A 29 years old man working in zoo,Sari, Mazandaran, Iran, presented itchy papullar eruption of the skin. He had noticed small insects fixed on his skin and large numbers of these same insects on a python and its cage in the zoo. Regarding totheir morphological characteristics they were diagnosed as O. natricis (Geravis, 1844), a snake mite. It is the first report of O. natricis from Iran. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe5be54227544977b2e1ea8976ab76382022-12-22T04:07:16ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Parasitology1735-70202008-238X2014-12-0194339Human Dermatitis Caused by Ophionyssus natricis, a Snake MiteEmad Amanatfard0Mohammad Reza Youssefi1Alireza Barimani2Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran.Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran.Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran.Ophionyssus natricis is a purely blood sucking parasite of snakes and of worldwide distribution. Infected snakes often exhibit lethargy, pruritus, crusting dermatitis,and behavioral changes. Ophionyssus natricis can also attack humans, causing popular vesiculo-bullous eruption of the skin. A 29 years old man working in zoo,Sari, Mazandaran, Iran, presented itchy papullar eruption of the skin. He had noticed small insects fixed on his skin and large numbers of these same insects on a python and its cage in the zoo. Regarding totheir morphological characteristics they were diagnosed as O. natricis (Geravis, 1844), a snake mite. It is the first report of O. natricis from Iran.https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/360DermatitisIranOphionyssus natricisPython snake |
| spellingShingle | Emad Amanatfard Mohammad Reza Youssefi Alireza Barimani Human Dermatitis Caused by Ophionyssus natricis, a Snake Mite Iranian Journal of Parasitology Dermatitis Iran Ophionyssus natricis Python snake |
| title | Human Dermatitis Caused by Ophionyssus natricis, a Snake Mite |
| title_full | Human Dermatitis Caused by Ophionyssus natricis, a Snake Mite |
| title_fullStr | Human Dermatitis Caused by Ophionyssus natricis, a Snake Mite |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human Dermatitis Caused by Ophionyssus natricis, a Snake Mite |
| title_short | Human Dermatitis Caused by Ophionyssus natricis, a Snake Mite |
| title_sort | human dermatitis caused by ophionyssus natricis a snake mite |
| topic | Dermatitis Iran Ophionyssus natricis Python snake |
| url | https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/360 |
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