This is a magnified photograph of a dust mite. Mites are carriers
(vectors) of many important diseases including typhus (scrub and
murine) and rickettsialpox. (Image courtesy of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.)
Review Date: 01/13/2010
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve,
MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
