title: [Arthropods as a cause of leisure sickness: ectoparasites].
abstract: Ectoparasites are a type of arthropod parasites that live on the body surface of their host. Many ectoparasitic infestations are associated with travel and leisure. Recognition of the specific symptoms of ectoparasitic infestations is important because of the hygienic and therapeutic consequences.
authors.affiliation: VU medisch centrum, afd. Medische Microbiologie en Infectiepreventie, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: Thecla A M
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kekker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001511:Bedbugs; D004175:Diptera; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005423:Siphonaptera; D013987:Ticks; D055815:Young Adult