Case of Human Infestation with Dermanyssus gallinae (Poultry Red Mite) from Swallows (Hirundinidae)
| Autor: | Katerina Tiligada, Elias Papadopoulos, Styliani Minoudi, Georgios Sioutas, Caterina Chliva, Alexandros Triantafyllidis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Dermanyssus gallinae 030231 tropical medicine Zoology lcsh:Medicine Case Report medicine.disease_cause 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Nest biology.animal Infestation parasitic diseases medicine Mite Immunology and Allergy Molecular Biology poultry red mite Greece General Immunology and Microbiology biology Gamasoidosis Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I lcsh:R biology.organism_classification medicine.disease humanities Hirundinidae COI gene 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Deltamethrin PCR avian mite dermatitis chemistry gamasoidosis swallows |
| Zdroj: | Pathogens, Vol 10, Iss 299, p 299 (2021) Pathogens |
| ISSN: | 2076-0817 |
| Popis: | Dermanyssus gallinae (the poultry red mite, PRM) is an important ectoparasite in the laying hen industry. PRM can also infest humans, causing gamasoidosis, which is manifested as skin lesions characterized by rash and itching. Recently, there has been an increase in the reported number of human infestation cases with D. gallinae, mostly associated with the proliferation of pigeons in cities where they build their nests. The human form of the disease has not been linked to swallows (Hirundinidae) before. In this report, we describe an incident of human gamasoidosis linked to a nest of swallows built on the window ledge of an apartment in the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Mites were identified as D. gallinae using morphological keys and amplifying the Cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI) gene by PCR. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis and median-joining network supported the identification of three PRM haplogroups and the haplotype isolated from swallows was identical to three PRM sequences isolated from hens in Portugal. The patient was treated with topical corticosteroids, while the house was sprayed with deltamethrin. After one week, the mites disappeared and clinical symptoms subsided. The current study is the first report of human gamasoidosis from PRM found in swallows’ nest. |
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