"Mites" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Any arthropod of the subclass ACARI except the TICKS. They are minute animals related to the spiders, usually having transparent or semitransparent bodies. They may be parasitic on humans and domestic animals, producing various irritations of the skin (MITE INFESTATIONS). Many mite species are important to human and veterinary medicine as both parasite and vector. Mites also infest plants.
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D008925
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.166.132.419
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mites" by people in Profiles.
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Temperature and Alternative Hosts Influence Aceria tosichella Infestation and Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Infection. Plant Dis. 2018 Mar; 102(3):546-551.
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Demodex inflammatory eruption due to epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor therapy. Br J Dermatol. 2016 Mar; 174(3):686-7.
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Shellfish allergy in children. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2009 Aug; 20(5):408-14; quiz 414.
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Allergen skin test reaction patterns in children (
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Molecular basis of arthropod cross-reactivity: IgE-binding cross-reactive epitopes of shrimp, house dust mite and cockroach tropomyosins. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2002 Sep; 129(1):38-48.
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Laboratory transmission of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus to chickens by chicken mites (Acari: Dermanyssidae). J Med Entomol. 1993 Jan; 30(1):281-5.
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Kawasaki syndrome: a controlled study of an outbreak in Wisconsin. Am J Epidemiol. 1986 Aug; 124(2):306-16.
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