Sarah Elizabeth D. Bione
Department of Entomology, Research Assistant
Contact information:
413 Biological Science Building
Phone: (706) 542-9033
Fax: (706) 542-3872
Email: Sbione@uga.edu
Mysterious,
invisible, or unidentified skin parasite survey
This survey is for people who feel they are
experiencing a mysterious, invisible, or unidentified skin parasite or
parasite-associated skin conformations. The survey is anonymous and
confidential. The questions regard skin sensations, skin reactions, management
behaviors, major medical conditions and medications. Though the results may not
benefit you directly, they will benefit people in the future by providing
academic and medical literature. Surveys are expected to take 45-60 minutes.
Click the above link to participate.
Send in a
sample from your home!
Need help identifying a bug? That’s what we’re here
for. Bugs for identification can be sent in airtight bottles (like pill
bottles) full of isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), in sandwich bags, or on
pieces of clear scotch tape. Please include where and when you found the bug
and how you would like to be contacted with the results. Send it to us here at
the UGA county extension at the address on the bottom of the page.
Send in a
skin sample!
Feeling itchy? Think it might be bugs? You can send us
samples from your skin. Take a piece of clear scotch tape and press it directly
on your skin when and where you feel itching or crawling sensations. Gently
fold the tape in half and place in a sandwich baggie. Please send several
samples (over 30 pieces would be ideal), all of which can be placed in the same
baggie. Please include where on your body you found the samples and how you
would like to be contacted with the results, and send it to us here at the UGA
county extension at the address on the bottom of the page.
“Invisible Bugs” Services!
Are you a PCO or entomologist who has a client with
“invisible bugs”? Send them our way. We are collecting an database for research
purposes to tease apart the many reasons people may come to conclude they are
experiencing infestations in their homes or on the skin—whether they have bugs
or are just buggy!
Almost
famous!
See the blurb
with Walter
Reeves!
See the blurb
in
Article from Ga. Pest Control Assoc.’s Profile
magazine yet to come!
Links!
UGA’s
cooperative extension main
webpage
Delusory Parasitosis, by Dr. Nancy Hinkle, from American Entomologist
Lymebusters,
regarding symptoms of untreated Lyme Disease
Morgellons Research Foundation, for alternative
theories to DP
*Sarah would like to note that she is not a doctoral
student as mentioned in this article,
and her
research at the
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