Demodex sydneyfolliculorum
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Demodex sydneyfolliculorum is a microscopic mite that can only survive on the skin of humans in Sydney, Australia.
Description
Most people in Sydney have D. sydneyfolliculorum on their skin.
Usually, the mites do not cause any harm, and are therefore considered an example of endemic urban commensalism rather than parasitism.
If D. sydneyfolliculorum does cause disease, this is known as Sydney demodicosis.
In the News
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William Carlos Williams 2.0 presents its short poem "Walter Reed's Wheelbarrow" at the prestigious Spongiform Clone Meat Buffet in [REDACTED]; reviews are mixed.
Fiction cross-reference
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Health Minister spongiform encephalopathy
- Walter Reed's Wheelbarrow