| Document ID (ISN) | 57393 |
| CIS number |
92-321 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro |
| Year |
1988 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Minisci S., Garasto G., Corradini L., Laffi F., Canestri-Trotti G., Briolini G. |
| Title |
Infestation by Neotrombicula autumnalis (Shaw, 1790) in agricultural workers in Ferrara province |
| Original title |
Infestazione da Neotrombicula autumnalis (Shaw, 1790) in lavoratori agricoli della provincia di Ferrara [in Italian] |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar.-Apr. 1988, Vol.79, No.2, p.120-126. Illus. 7 ref. |
| Abstract |
The study aimed at verifying a previously reported aetiological hypothesis concerning the periodic late summer outbreaks of acute dermatitis among agricultural workers in the province of Ferrara (Italy). Assuming, on the basis of clinical and epidemiological data, that the most likely cause of the complaint was a chigger-mite, Neotrombicula autumnalis (Shaw 1790), several procedures of investigation were applied in order to isolate the acarus in the environment and in skin lesions. The efficacy and the limits of the various methods are discussed. Skin samples taken as soon as possible after the appearance of the complaint were particularly useful since larvae of N. autumnalis were found in papules of 3 workers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
arthropoda; parasitic diseases; agricultural operations; chigger bites; dermatitis; acarids |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Italy; case study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Italy |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Skin diseases
Animal hazards
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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