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itch mite

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itch mite

Any member of Sarcoptidae, a family of the Acarina that is parasitic on the skin of mammals, birds, and insects. Sarcoptes scabiei causes the diseases scabies in people and mange in animals.

Notoedres, Prosopodectes, Sarcoptes, and Chorioptes are among the commonest genera.



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At Newhall Memorial, no patients have complained of symptoms of scabies, caused by a parasitic mite - the itch mite - that burrows beneath the skin of humans, cattle and sheep to deposit eggs.
SCABIES SYMPTOMS SPREAD\More hospital workers show signs of ailment by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Scabies, a condition caused by an itch mite that burrows into skin and lays its eggs between warm, moist skin folds, is very common.
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Easily transmitted, scabies is a skin disease caused by a parasitic mite - the itch mite - that burrows beneath the skin of humans, cattle and sheep to deposit eggs.
HOSPITAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SCABIES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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