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This 1965 photograph shows a close-up of the skin surface of a human forearm, revealing an embedded chigger (harvest mite), Trombicula splendens. An inflammatory reaction is visible at the base of a hair shaft (arrow). The image was created by Cornelius B. Philip of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Margaret A. Parsons
Creation Date: 1965
Photo Credit: Cornelius B. Philip, PhD, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.