Epidemiological survey of two morphotypes of <i>Demodex folliculorum</i> (Prostigmata: Demodicidade) in young people from southern Spain.

ABSTRACT: Different morphotypes of Demodex from humans have been described. Among them, molecular studies have made it possible to discern between the Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. Further studies showed two morphotypes of D. folliculorum harboured two different habits (human skin and human eyelashes), both of them with finger-shaped terminal opisthosoma difficult to differentiate and that can be assigned to D. folliculorum, Thus, a complete morphometric study of the species, which in this study are referred to as Demodex folliculorum species complex, was carried out. From this morphometric and meristic study two distinct morphological forms (short and long) could be identified within the Demodex folliculorum species complex. These forms differ si

SUBMITTER: Marquez FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11497486 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature