Dermatitis caused by the tropical fowl mite Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese) (Acari: Macronyssidae): a case report in humans

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Márcia Bohrer Mentz, Guilherme Liberato da Silva, Carlos Eugênio Silva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2015
• Subjects: Ornithonyssus bursa; Hematophagous mites; Human dermatitis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Mite
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0170-2015; https://doaj.org/article/ce0ab645501a4bd0b8049828413fdc53

Abstract: We herein report human dermatitis caused by the tropical fowl mite Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese). The cases occurred in an apartment in a residential district of Porto Alegre City, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where three members of the same family presented with pruritic lesions on the arms and legs. On inspecting the bathroom, several mites measuring approximately 1.0mm in length were observed coming from a nest of Rufous Hornero, Furnarius rufus (Gmelin). This is the first report of O. bursa in the urban area of Porto Alegre City, from a nest of F. rufus that bites humans.