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Acute prurigo simplex in humans caused by pigeon lice
(2018-03-01)
Pigeon lice are insects that feed on feathers of these birds; their life cycle includes egg, nymph and adult and they may cause dermatoses in humans. Four persons of the same family, living in an urban area, presented with ...
Sand-swimming behaviour reduces ectoparasitism in an iguanian lizard.
(Springer, 2019)
Sand swimming behaviour occurs in several lizard clades. Known ecological advantages of sand swimming include reduced predation risk and enhanced thermoregulation. We addressed whether, by way of sand abrasion, sand-swimming ...
Prevalence and risk factors associated with ectoparasite infestation of buffaloes in an Amazonian ecosystem
(BioMed Central, 2018)
Abstract
Background
The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is well adapted in some regions of the Amazon. Of all Brazilian states, Pará contains the largest number of this ...
Gamasoidosis illustrated: from the nest to dermoscopyGamasoidose ilustrada: do ninho à dermatoscopia
(Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2012)
Gamasoidosis (acariasis, avian-mite dermatitis or bird-mite dermatitis) is a challenging diagnosis that is becoming more common because of the frequent use of window air conditioners in tropical countries. These devices ...
Tungiasis under dermoscopy: in vivo and ex vivo examination of the cutaneous infestation due to Tunga penetrans
(Soc Brasileira DermatologiaRio De Janeiro RjBrasil, 2013)
Infestation of two shrimp species of the genus Palaemon Fabricius, 1798 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) by an isopod of the genus Probopyrus Giard & Bonnier, 1888 (Bopyridae) from the Brazilian southeast coast
(Soc Brasileira Carcinologia, 2018-12-03)
We determined the infestation rate of Probopyrus sp. in populations of Palaemon pandaliformis (Stimpson, 1871) and P. northropi (Rankin, 1898) in the Ubatumirim River, localized in a mangrove ecosystem on Ubatumirim Beach, ...