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Demodex /ˈdɛmədɛks/ is a
genus of tiny
mites that live in or near hair
follicles of mammals.
Around 65
species of
Demodex are known. Two
species live...
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Demodex folliculorum is a
microscopic mite that can only
survive on the skin of humans. Most
people have D. folliculorum on
their skin. Usually, the mites...
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Demodicosis /ˌdɛmədəˈkoʊsɪs/, also
called Demodex folliculitis in
humans and
demodectic mange (/dɛməˈdɛktɪk/) or red
mange in animals, is
caused by a...
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Demodex brevis is one of the two
species of face mite that
inhabit humans (the
other being Demodex folliculorum). They are
about half as long, at 0.15...
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Demodex mites have
revealed that some
people with
rosacea have
increased numbers of the mite,
especially those with steroid-induced rosacea.
Demodex folliculitis...
- animal,
depending upon
their genus.
Sarcoptes spp.
burrow into skin,
while Demodex spp. live in follicles. In humans,
these two
types of mite infections,...
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prone to
demodex mange due to
culling for performance.
There are two
different types of
demodex mange,
namely localized and
generalized demodex. Although...
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Demodex bovis, also
known as the
cattle follicle mite,
usually causes demodicosis, or
demodectic mange, in cattle. This
disease is
common in tropical...
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Demodex zalophi is a
species of mite
within the
family Demodecidae. The
species is the
first demodicid to be
described from
marine mammals,
first being...
- dermatitis,
demodicosis (
Demodex), and
parasitic infections (e.g.,
Demodex and
Phthiriasis palpebrarum). The
parasite Demodex folliculorum (D. folliculorum)...
