Demodex mites - Commensals, parasites or mutualistic organisms?

Dermatology

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-130

  Lacey, Noreen ^a   Ní Raghallaigh, Síona ^a   Powell, Frank C ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

COMMENSAL; DEMODEX; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EDITORIAL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; MITE INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEA; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM; SKIN SURFACE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; DOGS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MITES; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 79955694294     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323009     Document Type: Editorial

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