Liponyssoides sanguineus
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Liponyssoides sanguineus is a species of mite
. It infests Mus musculus.
It can transmit human disease.
It can transmit Rickettsia akari
, which causes rickettsialpox
.
It was previously known as Allodermanyssus sanguineus.
Mite
Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...
. It infests Mus musculus.
It can transmit human disease.
It can transmit Rickettsia akari
Rickettsia akari
Rickettsia akari is a species of Rickettsia which causes rickettsialpox.After a 1946 outbreak of a rickettsial-type disease at an apartment complex in Kew Gardens, Queens, an investigation was performed to identify the source of the infections...
, which causes rickettsialpox
Rickettsialpox
Rickettsialpox is an illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus . Physician Robert Huebner and self-trained entomologist Charles Pomerantz played major roles in identifying the etiology of the disease after an outbreak in 1946 in a New York City apartment complex, documented in medical...
.
It was previously known as Allodermanyssus sanguineus.