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Molecular identification of four phenotypes of human Demodex in China.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Jul 2014
Hu Li, Zhao Ya-E, Cheng Juan, Ma Jun-Xian
Abstract excerpt
Traditional classification of Demodex mites by hosts and phenotypic characteristics is defective because of environmental influences. In this study, we proposed molecular identification of four phenotypes of two human Demodex species based on mitochondrial cox1 fragments for the first time. Mites collected from sufferers' facial skin were classified into four phenotypes: phenotype A-C with finger-like terminus,...
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