There are a number of mites that can bite human skin and result in a cutaneous reaction, as well as transmit other diseases of or affecting the human integumentary system.
Mites associated with cutaneous reactions Scientific name | Common name(s) | Disease(s) caused and/or transmitted |
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Acarus siro | Flour mite | Baker's itch |
Glyciphagus domesticus | Grocer's itch |
Carpoglyphus passularum | Fruit mite | Grocer's itch |
Cheyletiella spp | Walking dandruff (Cheyletiella dermatitis, cheyletiellosis) |
Cheyletus eruditus | Grain itch |
Dermanyssus gallinae | Bird mite Red Poultry mite | Gamasoidosis |
Dermatophagoides farinae | American house dust mite | Oral mite anaphylaxis (OMA), Asthma |
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus | European house dust mite | Oral mite anaphylaxis (OMA), Asthma |
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Laelaps echidnina | Spiny rat mite | Rodent mite dermatitis |
Lepidoglyphus destructor | Hay mite |
Leptotrombidium deliense | Chigger Trombiculid mite | Tsutsugamushi fever Scrub typhus |
Liponyssoides sanguineus (Allodermanyssus sanguineus) | House mouse mite | Rickettsialpox |
Ornithonyssus bacoti | Tropical rat mite | Endemic typhus Rickettsialpox Equine encephalitis Tularemia Plague Relapsing feverRodent mite dermatitis |
Ornithonyssus bursa | Bird mite Tropical fowl mite | Gamasoidosis |
Ornithonyssus sylviarum | Bird mite Northern fowl mite | Gamasoidosis |
Psoroptidae spp | Carpet mite | Feather pillow dermatitis |
Pyemotes herfsi | Itch mite | Grain itch |
Sarcoptes scabiei | Itch mite | Scabies |
Trombicula alfreddugesi | Chigger Harvest mite | Grain itch |
Trombicula autumnalis | Chigger Harvest mite | Grain itch |
Tyrophagus neiswanderi | Cheese mite | Grain itch |