Citation

Oboňa J, Fogašová K, Krišovský P, Mlynárová L, Sikora B, Hromada M. Ann. Parasitol. 2023; 70: e0.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Polish Parasitological Society)

DOI

10.17420/ap7001.516

PMID

38705576

Abstract

The first bite by deer ked Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus, 1758) on humans has been reported from Slovakia. The host was bitten on the head and neck. Pain and itching appeared immediately after the bite. The skin lesion persisted for several weeks. Although the first documented case of human stings is published here, bites may have occurred in the past, albeit rarely.

Language: en

Keywords

*Bites and Stings/complications; Animals; Bites, Human; Deer/parasitology; Humans; Male; Slovakia/epidemiology