Liponyssoides sanguineus

Liponyssoides sanguineus is a species of mite that infests the house mouse (Mus musculus).^[1]

It can transmit human disease,^[2] is associated with causing rodent mite dermatitis in humans^[3] and is noted for carrying Rickettsia akari, which causes rickettsialpox.^[4]

It was formerly known as Allodermanyssus sanguineus.^[5]

References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Rickettsialpox: eMedicine Infectious Diseases". Retrieved 2010-04-26.

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