Biting Mites in the News: General Information, Related Research
"In the News" & Relevant Websites:
Human Infections
- ABC News: CDC to Investigate Morgellons Mystery Sufferers Say Mysterious Colored Fibers Grow on Their Skin, Like Hair
- Family Returns Home After Bird Mite Invasion
- Dallas News: The Plague
- CNN Story: "Morgellons - Medical Mystery"
- Daily Mail: Is this a disease or an episode of the X Files
- Popular Mechanics: "Making Their Skin Crawl" June 2005
- Outbreak of Pruritic Rashes Associated with Mites - Kansas
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Medical Mystery in Chicago
Strange bug bites landed more than 100 people in Chicago emergency rooms.
- Body Bugs Part II
- "Tiny Bugs Wreck Havoc; Report of Collembola as Human Parasites Supports Recent Research Findings"
- Are The Biting Mites Plaguing The Heartland A New Invasive Species?
- SilentSuperBug.com - Video footage about an environmentally resistant and contagious human pathogen.
Disclaimer: The videos appear interesting to the layman; however, the narrator is not identified; the research facility is also not identified. The slides could have been made by looking at backyard soil or water under a microscope. This could be a homemade video with little scientific credibility.
Animal Infections
- Six wolves succumb to mange in Wisconsin this winter
- Reported Sightings of Black-tailed Deer Hair Loss Locations 2000
- Bears going bald, look like 'large rats' - A Florida Mystery
- Possible relationship between the hormonal status of these animals and their resistance to this parasitic mite infection