"Trombiculidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Family of MITES in the superfamily Trombiculoidea, suborder Prostigmata, which attack humans and other vertebrates, causing DERMATITIS and severe allergic reactions. Chiggers, red bugs, and harvest mites commonly refer to the larval stage of Trombiculid mites, the only parasitic stage of the mite's life cycle.
| Descriptor ID |
D014324
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.166.132.419.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Trombiculidae- Trombiculidae
- Trombiculid Mites
- Mite, Trombiculid
- Mites, Trombiculid
- Trombiculid Mite
- Red Bugs
- Bug, Red
- Bugs, Red
- Red Bug
- Chiggers
- Chigger
- Harvest Mites
- Harvest Mite
- Mite, Harvest
- Mites, Harvest
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Trombiculidae" by people in Profiles.
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Risk factors for acquisition of scrub typhus in children admitted to a tertiary centre and its surrounding districts in South India: a case control study. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 26; 19(1):665.
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Two-spotted spider mite allergy: immunoglobulin E sensitization and characterization of allergenic components. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2002 Nov; 89(5):517-22.