List of mites associated with cutaneous reactions

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Many mites can bite human skin and cause cutaneous reaction and/or disease. Mites which cannot bite humans may also transmit disease or cause allergies.

Mites associated with cutaneous reactions
Scientific nameCommon name(s)Disease(s) caused and/or transmitted
Acarus siro Flour mite Baker's itch
Glyciphagus domesticus Grocer's itch
Carpoglyphus passularum Fruit miteGrocer'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 miteOral mite anaphylaxis (OMA), Asthma
Laelaps echidninaSpiny rat mite Rodent mite dermatitis
Lepidoglyphus destructorHay mite
Leptotrombidium deliense Chigger
Trombiculid mite
Scrub typhus
Liponyssoides sanguineus (Allodermanyssus sanguineus)House mouse miteRodent mite dermatitis, Rickettsialpox
Ornithonyssus bacoti Tropical rat miteRodent mite dermatitis
Ornithonyssus bursa Bird mite
Tropical fowl mite
Gamasoidosis
Ornithonyssus sylviarum Bird mite

Northern fowl mite

Gamasoidosis
Psoroptidae sppCarpet mite Feather pillow dermatitis
Pyemotes herfsi Itch miteGrain itch
Sarcoptes scabiei Itch mite Scabies
Trombicula alfreddugesi Chigger
Harvest mite
Grain itch
Trombicula autumnalis Chigger
Harvest mite
Grain itch
Tyrophagus neiswanderi Cheese miteGrain itch

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