Prevalence of house dust mites in houses, hotels and student dormitories of Diyarbak›r province

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House dust mites, those cause allergies such as asthma and dermatitis, are widespread worldwide. The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of house dust mites in houses, hotels and student dormitories at Diyarbak›r province. For this aim, dust samples were collected from houses, dormitories and hotels in Ba¤lar, Kayap›nar, Sur and Yeniflehir, which are central districts of Diyarbak›r, in the period of April-May 2012. 79 of 176 dust samples were found positive with mites. In the present study, 929 house dust mites belonging to the orders Astigmata, Mesostigmata and Prostigmata were isolated. The identification of mites belonging to order Astigmata was made up to species level, and 12 species belonging to four families were determined. The identification of mites belonging to orders Prostigmata and Mesostigmata was remained as family and order level. Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Trouessart, 1898) was the predominant mite (56.62 %) followed by Lepidoglyphus destructor (Schrank) (19.806 %), Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758 (8.934 %) and Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank, 1781) (8.181 %).

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Diyarbak›r , House dust mites , Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

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