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| Year : 2007 | Volume
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Dermatitis due to straw itch mite in Assam
Reema Nath1, Lahari Saikia1, M Choudhury1, J Mahanta2
1 Department of Microbiology, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh - 786001, Assam, India
2 Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh - 786001, Assam, India
Correspondence Address:
J Mahanta
Regional Medical Research Centre, Post Box-105, Dibrugarh - 786 001, Assam
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.37727
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Mites belonging to Pyemotidae family are an important cause of human dermatoses. Though their bites are painless, yet, afterwards severe itching and possible secondary infection. Most of the time mites could not be demonstrated from the lesion. We are presenting a case where mites could be seen in scrapping from a typical lesion in man. |
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