Title of article
Human Dermatitis Caused by Ophionyssus natricis, a Snake Mite.
Author/Authors
Amanatfard، Emad نويسنده Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran. Amanatfard, Emad , Youssefi، Mohammad Reza نويسنده Department of Pathobiology, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran , , Barimani، Alireza نويسنده Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran. Barimani, Alireza
Issue Information
فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2014
Pages
3
From page
594
To page
596
Abstract
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.
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Parasitology (IJP)
Serial Year
2014
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Parasitology (IJP)
Record number
2383990
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