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Trombiculiasis: not only a matter of animals!

Trombidiose: Betrifft nicht nur Tiere!

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Trombiculiasis represents a striking emerging infestation in humans. In fact, modified lifestyles and easy and quick traveling around the globe, together with the altered ecology and habits of the parasite Neotrombicula autumnalis, make this original epizoonosis an extraordinary example of synanthropic dermatosis. We present an additional clinical image of this unusual parasite transmission from animals to humans occurring in a trekker in Calabria, Italy.

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Die Trombidiose ist eine zunehmende Infestation des Menschen. Der moderne Lebensstil mit der Möglichkeit des schnellen Reisens rund um den Globus im Zusammenspiel mit einer veränderten Ökologie und neuen Verhaltensweisen des Parasiten Neotrombicula autumnalis lassen diese ursprünglich reine Zoonose zu einem besonderen Beispiel synanthropischer Dermatosen werden. Wir berichten über die klinische Manifestation und die Übertagung vom Tier auf den Menschen bei einem Trekker in Kalabrien, Italien.

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  1. Department of Clinical Experimental Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Messina (Italy), c/o A.O.U. “G. Martino”, via Consolare Valeria, 1, 98125, Messina, Italy

    Claudio Guarneri MD

  2. “Onkoderma” – Policlinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Anastasiya Atanasova Chokoeva &  Georgi Tchernev

  3. Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    Anastasiya Atanasova Chokoeva

  4. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Friedrichstraße 41, 01067, Dresden, Germany

    Uwe Wollina

  5. Chair of Dermatology, University of Rome “G. Marconi”, Rome, Italy

    Torello Lotti

  6. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR-Sofia), Sofia, Bulgaria

    Georgi Tchernev

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Guarneri, C., Chokoeva, A.A., Wollina, U. et al. Trombiculiasis: not only a matter of animals!. Wien Med Wochenschr 167, 70–73 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-016-0521-7

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