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Demodex folliculorum

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Demodex fol·lic·u·lo·rum (f-lky-lôrm)
n.
The follicular or mange mite, a very common, universally distributed, probably nonpathogenic species parasitic to human hair follicles and sebaceous glands usually around the nose and scalp margins.
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Others have found that half of patients with rosacea have a parasite called Demodex folliculorum, which in the hair follicles, causing them to believe that the mite is connected to the cause .
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Two species living on humans have been identified: Demodex folliculorum which is found in hair follicles, primarily those of the eyelashes and eyebrows, and the shorter Demodex brevis which lives in sebaceous glands connected to hair follicles.
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About one out of every four of your classmates has follicle mites, or Demodex folliculorum (DEH-muh-deks foh-LIK-yoo-LO-nun), on his or her eyelashes and skin.
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