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chigger |
a tiny parasitic mite larva that lives in the skin of vertebrates, causing severe itching and possible spreading of infectious disease. [1/2 definitions] |
rat mite |
a widespread mite carried by rats that can transmit typhus to humans or cause inflammation of the skin by its bite. |
scrub typhus |
an acute infectious disease of Asia that is transmitted by a mite larva and characterized by fever, rash, skin lesions, and painful swelling of the lymph glands. |
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