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Loa loa filariasis, (Loiasis) is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm Loa loa.Humans contract this disease through the bite of a deer fly (Chrysops spp.) or mango fly, the vectors for Loa loa.
This is the classification used by ICD-10. For example: [25] dermal; sub-dermal; cutaneous (B87.0) creeping, where larvae burrow through or under the skin; furuncular, where a larva remains in one spot, causing a boil-like lesion; nasopharyngeal, in the nose, sinuses or pharynx (B87.3) ophthalmic or ocular, in or about the eye (B87.2)
Ahead, entomologists explain why you don't really need to worry about cockroach bites—but rather how they can make you sick if you have an infestation.
A bite is defined as coming from the mouthparts of the arthropod. The bite consists of both the bite wound and the saliva. The saliva of the arthropod may contain anticoagulants, as in insects and arachnids which feed from blood. Feeding bites may also contain anaesthetic, to prevent the bite from being felt.
Dr. Giangreco says ticks can prompt local reactions following a bite. The classic rash of Lyme's is called Erythema migrans. "It can be circular or oval shaped and have crusting," Dr. Giangreco says.
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Blattella asahinai, the Asian cockroach, is a species of cockroach that was first described in 1981 from insects collected on Okinawa Island, Japan. [1] It is a small species of cockroach, typically 1.3 to 1.6 centimetres (1 ⁄ 2 to 5 ⁄ 8 in) long and tan to dark brown in colour with dark parallel stripes on the back of their heads. [2]
[6] [7] The name "cockroach" comes from the Spanish word for cockroach, cucaracha, transformed by 1620s English folk etymology into "cock" and "roach". [8] The scientific name derives from the Latin blatta , "an insect that shuns the light", which in classical Latin was applied not only to cockroaches, but also to mantids .