TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Section 7. Bites and Infestations A1 - Weinberg, Samuel A1 - Prose, Neil S. A1 - Kristal, Leonard PY - 2008 T2 - Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology, 4e AB - Many effects of metazoal parasitism are attributed to bites. Some metazoa (insects in a loose sense) do indeed bite, and others sting, but what we frequently designate as insect bite is attachment for feeding. The result of such attachment looks like a bite and is sooner or later attended by pain, itching, or stinging. True bites and stings, however, are instantly painful; many have immediate or late, more baleful effects; and most are generally inflicted in self-defense or seemingly wanton offense, not for feeding. Attachment for feeding is parasitism that may be silent for a while and then variably symptomatic. In a given region, common indigenous metazoa that cause cutaneous effects by a bite, sting, or attachment for feeding may be recognized or guessed from signs and symptoms. These two illustrations are representative. Figure 7-1 may be guessed with reasonable correctness to be mosquito “bites,” and Fig. 7-2 to be flea bites. We use quotation marks to suggest that the proboscis of a mosquito is not a true biting part. Fleas may nip. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6987520 ER -