Faccini João Luiz Horácio, Santos Ana Clara Gomes, Santos Sandra Batista, Jacinavicius Fernando de Castro, Bassini-Silva Ricardo, Barros-Battesti Darci Moraes
Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ, Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Departamento de Patologia, Unidade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA, São Luís, MA, Brasil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2017 Jan-Mar;26(1):104-109. doi: 10.1590/S1984-29612016088. Epub 2017 Jan 26.
Trombiculiasis is an infestation caused by larval mites (chiggers) of the family Trombiculidae. Here, we provide the first report on parasitism by the chigger species Eutrombicula alfreddugesi (Oudemans) and Eutrombicula batatas (Linnaeus) in goats and humans on farms in the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. Severe itching and dermatitis caused by the chiggers' bites were seen. From a total of 779 examined goats, 214 of them showed clinical signs of infestation, as well as family members of three farms of the region. Most of the cases occurred during the rainy season, from March to September.
恙螨病是由恙螨科幼虫螨（恙螨）引起的一种侵袭性疾病。在此，我们首次报告了在巴西东北部马拉尼昂州的农场中，恙螨物种阿尔氏真恙螨（Oudemans）和甘薯真恙螨（Linnaeus）对山羊和人类的寄生情况。观察到由恙螨叮咬引起的严重瘙痒和皮炎。在总共检查的779只山羊中，有214只表现出感染的临床症状，该地区三个农场的家庭成员也出现了感染症状。大多数病例发生在3月至9月的雨季。
