TY - JOUR
T1 - Laboratory identification of arthropod ectoparasites
AU - Mathison, Blaine A.
AU - Pritt, Bobbi S.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The collection, handling, identification, and reporting of ectoparasitic arthropods in clinical and reference diagnostic laboratories are discussed inthisreview.Includedaredataonticks,mites,lice, fleas,myiasis-causing flies, and bed bugs. The public health importance of these organisms is briefly discussed. The focus is on the morphological identification and proper handling and reporting of cases involving arthropod ectoparasites, particularly those encountered in the United States. Other arthropods and other organisms not of public health concern, but routinely submitted to laboratories for identification, are also briefly discussed.
AB - The collection, handling, identification, and reporting of ectoparasitic arthropods in clinical and reference diagnostic laboratories are discussed inthisreview.Includedaredataonticks,mites,lice, fleas,myiasis-causing flies, and bed bugs. The public health importance of these organisms is briefly discussed. The focus is on the morphological identification and proper handling and reporting of cases involving arthropod ectoparasites, particularly those encountered in the United States. Other arthropods and other organisms not of public health concern, but routinely submitted to laboratories for identification, are also briefly discussed.
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U2 - 10.1128/CMR.00008-13
DO - 10.1128/CMR.00008-13
M3 - Article
C2 - 24396136
AN - SCOPUS:84891699808
SN - 0893-8512
VL - 27
SP - 48
EP - 67
JO - Clinical Microbiology Reviews
JF - Clinical Microbiology Reviews
IS - 1
ER -