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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Dispatch

Anthrenus sp. and an Uncommon Cluster of Dermatitis

Loïc SimonComments to Author , Fériel Boukari, Halilou Almou Oumarou, Thomas Hubiche, Pierre Marty, Christelle Pomares, and Pascal Delaunay
Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Nice, France (L. Simon, F. Foukari, H. Almou Oumarou, T. Hubiche, P. Marty, C. Pomares, P. Delaunay); Université Côte d’Azur, Nice (L. Simon, P. Marty, C. Pomares); Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France (P. Delaunay)

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Stages of Anthrenus sp. carpet beetle. A) Adult stage (length 4 mm); B, C) larval stage (length 4 mm) found inside clothing and upholstery fabric; D) larvae (original magnification ×40); and E) larvae (original magnification ×200) showing fine hairs (single arrow) that have a spear-headed shape, are responsible for human hypersensitivity, and are invisible to the naked eye. Double arrow indicates thick larvae hair.

Figure 2. Stages of Anthrenus sp. carpet beetle. A) Adult stage (length 4 mm); B, C) larval stage (length 4 mm) found inside clothing and upholstery fabric; D) larvae (original magnification ×40); and E) larvae (original magnification ×200) showing fine hairs (single arrow) that have a spear-headed shape, are responsible for human hypersensitivity, and are invisible to the naked eye. Double arrow indicates thick larvae hair.

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