Trombiculidae
"Trombiculidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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