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1 June 2004 COLLEMBOLA (SPRINGTAILS) (ARTHROPODA: HEXAPODA: ENTOGNATHA) FOUND IN SCRAPINGS FROM INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH DELUSORY PARASITOSIS
Deborah Z. Altschuler, Michael Crutcher, Neculai Dulceanu, Beth A. Cervantes, Cristina Terinte, Louis N. Sorkin
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Abstract

Twenty individuals diagnosed with delusory parasitosis participated in a single site clinical study under the auspices of the National Pediculosis Association (NPA) and the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The objective of this study was to determine if there were any common factors in skin scrapings collected from this population. These individuals, whose symptoms were originally attributed to lice or scabies, were part of a larger group reporting symptoms of stinging/biting and/or crawling to the NPA. Multiple skin scrapings from each person were microscopically examined. Any and all fields of view that appeared incongruous to normal human skin were digitally photographed. When the photographic images were initially evaluated, no common factor was identified. However, more extensive scrutiny using imaging software revealed evidence of Collembola in 18 of the 20 participants.

Deborah Z. Altschuler, Michael Crutcher, Neculai Dulceanu, Beth A. Cervantes, Cristina Terinte, and Louis N. Sorkin "COLLEMBOLA (SPRINGTAILS) (ARTHROPODA: HEXAPODA: ENTOGNATHA) FOUND IN SCRAPINGS FROM INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH DELUSORY PARASITOSIS," Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112(1), 87-95, (1 June 2004). https://doi.org/10.1664/0028-7199(2004)112[0087:CSAHEF]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 June 2004
KEYWORDS
Arthropoda
biting
Collembola
crawling
Entognatha
Hexapoda
human skin
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