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Tarsonemid Mites in Danish House Dust
Author(s) -
Korsgaard Jens,
Hallas Thorkil E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1979.tb01703.x
Subject(s) - danish , dust mites , house dust mite , environmental health , medicine , allergy , allergen , immunology , philosophy , linguistics
From a study of 98 typical Danish city apartments it was found that pyroglyphid and tarsonemid mites dominated the housedust acarofauna. Both groups of miles show a remarkable similarity in their occurrence and dependence on. the microclimate. Room air humidities above 7 g water/kg dry air involved the highest densities. Below this Unit only background contamination appeared. At least 14 distinct forms of tarsonemid mites were found, with Tarsonemiu floricolus Can. & Fanz., 1876 as the dominating species. As tarsonemid mites were found regularly rather than occasionally, it is suggested that these mites may be responsible for at least a part of the cases of housedust allergy thaE cannot be ascribed to the content of Dermatophagoides mites in the housedust.