House Dust Mites
House dust mites and their sensitivity to wood oils and volatiles
... the house dust mites Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatopha- goides farinae, which are dominant species in homes, have recently become serious health ...to mites and mite allergens are ...
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A Study of the Areas and Frequency of House Dust Mites Dermatophagiodes in Illilnois Homes
... between house dust mites and allergies, many studies conducted over the past few years have been focused on better understanding house dust mites and their ...common house ...
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Effective period of volatiles from softwood veneers embedded in tatami mats on the activity of house dust mites
... examined the effects of five essential plant oils (citronella, eucalyptus, spearmint, tea tree, and wintergreen oils) as laundry addi- tives for killing house dust mites. They suggested that dilute ...
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Effect of volatile matter from wood chips on the activity of house dust mites and on the sensory evaluation of humans
... Abstract The effect of volatile matter from various wood chips on house dust mites and their influence on human comfort were measured. To investigate the effect of vol[r] ...
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A combined transient hygrothermal and population model of house dust mites in beds
... Liquid water is not available to HDM and they generally gain little from food or passive sorption. Instead water intake is achieved by active extraction from unsaturated air via a hygroscopic secretion (Wharton et al ...
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Controlling house-dust mites through ventilation: the development of a model of mite response to varying hygrothermal conditions
... which mites travel within their microenvironment so as to find the most favourable locations, which the laboratory bed results show are constantly ...adult mites are placed in the uninstrumented chamber and ...
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Alpha 1 antitrypsin distribution in an allergic asthmatic population sensitized to house dust mites
... that mites produce a huge inflammatory reaction in the lung, not only through CD4 + Th2 cells that induce an IgE allergic response, but also through the innate immune system ...
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“A year-long, fortnightly, observational survey in three European countries of patients with respiratory allergies induced by house dust mites: Methodology, demographics and clinical characteristics”
... September and late November 2012, and then again be- tween late March and early May 2013. Very few partici- pants reported that their symptoms had never improved (4 % overall; 2, 2 and 7 % in Italy, France and Spain, re- ...
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Aspergillus Species and House Dust Mites: Their Allergenicity and Contribution: A Review Article
... In 1987, de Saint Georges-Gridelet conducted a study on the vitamin requirements of D. pteronyssinus with its fungal association. Their investigation showed that additional B vitamins greatly enhanced the growth of D. ...
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Prevalence and risk factors for allergic rhinitis in bakers in Douala, Cameroon
... storage mites; and common aeroallergens included house dust mites, moulds and those originating from cat and dog fur, and German ...to house dust mites was de fi ned by ...
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Prevalence of positive atopy patch test in an unselected pediatric population
... The questionnaire was delivered directly and person- ally to the parents to be filled in at home and returned when completed in a sealed envelope. After written and signed consent by the parents had been received, we ...
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House Dust Mite Prevalence in the House of Patients with Atopic Dermatitis in Mashhad, Iran
... House dust mites are the most common allergens in closed environments (Voorhorst et ...of dust mite number is humidity and the most important amount of relative humidity in a house for ...
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Evidence of the efficacy and safety of house dust mite subcutaneous immunotherapy in elderly allergic rhinitis patients: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial
... Allergic rhinitis is often underestimated in elderly patients. The guidelines addressing the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases rarely focus on the elderly population and often ignore this population ...
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Medical Sciences The stimulation of inflammasome activation and modulation of proinflammatory cytokine production by house dust mite major allergen in patients with SLE
... The most prevalent and well-investigated indoor perpetual allergen source is House Dust Mites (HDM). HDM major allergen, Der p 2, can induce proinflammatory cytokine production which is conducted by ...
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Identification of Allergenic Component Tyr p 8 from Tyrophagus putrescentiae and Cross-Reactivity with Der p 8
... signed by data obtained from LC-MS/MS analyses and mite GST- homologous sequences. Total RNA was isolated from live T. pu- trescentiae, and the amplicon of nTyr p 8 fragments was amplified by RACE PCR of cDNA which had ...
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House Dust Mite Fauna in the Klang Valley, Malaysia
... to house dust mites (HDM) is an important cause of asthma and rhinitis in ...the dust mite fauna in the Klang Valley. Dust samples were collected from 20 houses from March 1994 to ...
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Identification of neryl formate as the airborne aggregation pheromone for the American house dust mite and the European house dust mite (Acari: Epidermoptidae)
... House Dust Mite Chemical Analysis. GC and cou- pled GC-MS analysis of a hexane extract of D. farinae revealed the presence of several components that were not present in a control extract (Fig. 2). There ...
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Environmental intervention for house dust mite control in childhood bronchial asthma
... are still a matter of debate and involve the interaction between different genetic and environmental factors. Sev- eral studies that have been carried out in different com- munities over the world have established ...
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The build-up phase outcome of subcutaneous immunotherapy for pediatric allergic asthma: A retrospective cohort study from Surabaya, Indonesia
... Aim: This study aims to assess the build-up phase outcomes of subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) for pediatric allergic asthma. Methods: The retrospective cohort study comprised 65 children with allergic asthma due to ...
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‘At Home in Dust’: Francesca Woodman’s House Series, Revisited
... Woodman’s House Series, which she completed in Rhode Island between 1975 and 1978, then a young student photographer of the Rhode Island School of Design, provides fertile ground to assess the importance of ...
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