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The scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, comes from a family of parasitic mites that cause scabies, or mange, in humans and animals.

What are the major sexually transmitted diseases that one should know about?

Biologist Dale Clayton discovered that lice can't survive hot dry conditions and subsequently invented a new safe and effective treatment for head louse infestations.

Chigoe Fleas (Tunga penetrans) are unlike other familiar fleas because they burrow into the skin, causing pain and sometimes serious infection.

Head lice are parasites. They cling to hairs, feed on blood and crawl from head to head. They are not dangerous; however, treatment is usually difficult.

The wide diversity of climate and terrain in western Mexico obliges hikers in this area to carry equipment whose purpose may not be self-evident.

The varroa mite of honeybees sweeps through hives and kills bees. The parasite has spread from continent to continent.

Leishmania mexicana, a tissue parasite, causes large skin lesions that are slow to heal. It may be expanding its range northward in the United States.

Scabies, or sarcoptic mange, is a parasitic disease which may affect both dogs and people and which causes extreme itchiness and hair loss resulting in a skin rash.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) may be caused by bacteria, viruses or parsite acquired through sexual contact.

Know the risks involved when a person chooses to engage in unsafe or unprotected sex, in order not to end up getting a sexually-transmitted infection(s).

Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis live in hair follicles and sebaceous glands and usually do no harm. Many of us have these tiny skin parasites.