Human dermatitis caused by a nymph of Sebekia

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1989 Sep;41(3):352-4.

Abstract

A case of dermatitis in a 31-year-old Costa Rican woman is described. From the lesion, a pentastomid nymph belonging to the genus Sebekia was obtained.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Arthropods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nymph
  • Skin Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology*