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It would be important to add information about how long do these parasites live outside the human body. A dermatologist told me they don't last more than a day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.19.154.93 (talk) 21:13, 29 July 2009 (UTC)Reply
This article has some dubious claims. Several relate to the size of the mite. What does the claim that the adults are L x W in size even mean? At any one instant, all objects occupy a THREE dimensional volume, NOT a 2-dimensional area. I understand that any (non-stereoscopic) image is 2D, but so what? I also understand that specimen preparation may compress the object and that objects (especially biological) of this size may not be rigid but again, so what? Giving us 2 dimensions for an animal which clearly must exist with 3 is lame. On a related problem with the article (as currently written); it is claimed here that discovery of these parasites was the first demonstration of a human disease with a "microscopic causative agent". 0.1 mm is NOT microscopic!! It is well withing the range of acuity of normal human vision. (I can (and have) viewed my thumb under a microscope, that doesn't make my thumb microscopic. In THIS context, microscopic means "visible only with a microscope" and clearly these mites are visible (if caught). (It is possible that they were first seen with a microscope, or first seen in a sample of human skin, but again: so what?98.21.221.175 (talk) 22:25, 29 April 2018 (UTC)Reply
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