Liponyssoides sanguineus

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Species of mite

Liponyssoides sanguineus
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 that infests the house mouse (Mus musculus).

It can transmit human disease, is associated with causing rodent mite dermatitis in humans and is noted for carrying Rickettsia akari, which causes rickettsialpox.

It was formerly known as Allodermanyssus sanguineus.

See also

• List of mites associated with cutaneous reactions

References

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Brouqui P, Raoult D (October 2006). "Arthropod-borne diseases in homeless". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1078 (1): 223–35. Bibcode:2006NYASA1078..223B. doi:10.1196/annals.1374.041. PMID 17114713.
3. ^ Reeves, Will K.; Cobb, Kristin D. (2005). "Ectoparasites of House Mice (Mus musculus) from Pet Stores in South Carolina, U.S.A". Comparative Parasitology. 72 (2): 193–195. doi:10.1654/4178. ISSN 1525-2647.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "Rickettsialpox: eMedicine Infectious Diseases". Retrieved 2010-04-26.

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