Abstract: Since Demodex was discovered in 1842 by Simon, human beings have experienced a long process of understanding the pathogenicity of Demodex, particularly, the contribution to the identification as well as prevention and control of demodicidosis by Chinese scholars can't be ignored. In this paper, the research progress in pathogenicity confirmation and pathogenic mechanism, diagnosis and detection, prevalence and control, as well as that at the molecular level of Demodex in China were reviewed, aiming at promoting the development of demodicosis prevention and control in greater extent, in order to reduce the harm of demodicosis to Chinese people, and improve the life quality and happiness index of our population.

Key words: Human Demodex mites, Demodicosis, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Detection, Prevalence, Molecular level, Research progress