Parasitology for students and the rest of us
There are times when the Microbiology Laboratory is called on to make an identification of an arthropod retrieved from a patient directly, a patient's clothing, or their living quarters.
Here's a Mites Crossword Puzzle challenge for you to do. Fun way to learn a few new things and maybe review some others.
The patient has an infestation of mites. Mites are less than 1mm in size and oval in shape with a semi-transparent color that is darker after feeding. Mites are a diverse group of arachnid arthropods that are relatively small and can easily be overlooked.