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This chapter deals with a heterogeneous group of skin disorders caused by parasitic infection, sting, and bites and consists of cutaneous leishmaniasis, cutaneous paragonimiasis, cutaneous larva migrans, cerebral and subcutaneous cysticercosis, cutaneous myiasis caused by larvae of Hypoderma bovis, phthiriasis palpebrarum, tick bite, Norwegian scabies, infant Pyemotes dermatitis, and jellyfish dermatitis.
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Huo, YL. et al. (2018). Parasitic Infestations, Stings, and Bites. In: Zhu, WY., Tan, C., Zhang, Rz. (eds) Atlas of Skin Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8037-1_6
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