Liponyssoides sanguineus
Liponyssoides sanguineus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Subclass: | Acari |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Family: | Dermanyssidae |
Genus: | Liponyssoides |
Species: | L. sanguineus |
Binomial name | |
Liponyssoides sanguineus | |
Liponyssoides sanguineus is a species of mite. It infests Mus musculus.[1]
It can transmit human disease.[2]
It can transmit Rickettsia akari, which causes rickettsialpox.[3]
It used to be known as Allodermanyssus sanguineus.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Madison G, Kim-Schluger L, Braverman S, Nicholson WL, Wormser GP (2008). "Hepatitis in association with rickettsialpox". Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 8 (1): 111–5. doi:10.1089/vbz.2007.0135. PMID 18171106.
- ↑ Brouqui P, Raoult D (October 2006). "Arthropod-borne diseases in homeless". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1078: 223–35. doi:10.1196/annals.1374.041. PMID 17114713.
- ↑ Zavala-Castro JE, Zavala-Velázquez JE, del Rosario García M, León JJ, Dzul-Rosado KR (June 2009). "A dog naturally infected with Rickettsia akari in Yucatan, México". Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 9 (3): 345–7. doi:10.1089/vbz.2008.0189. PMID 19492943.
- ↑ "Rickettsialpox: eMedicine Infectious Diseases". Retrieved 2010-04-26.
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