House dust mites associated with the asthmatic patients in some houses of Cairo, A.R. Egypt
Kenawy, M., Awad, A., El-Shafei, A., Helmi, N., Abdel-Hamid, Y., El-Zohery, Y. (2012). House dust mites associated with the asthmatic patients in some houses of Cairo, A.R. Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 4(1), 1-2. doi: 10.21608/eajbse.2012.14507
Mohamed A. Kenawy; Ashraf A. Awad; Akila M. El-Shafei; Nadia Helmi; Yousrya M. Abdel-Hamid; Yousry Z. A. El-Zohery. "House dust mites associated with the asthmatic patients in some houses of Cairo, A.R. Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 4, 1, 2012, 1-2. doi: 10.21608/eajbse.2012.14507
Kenawy, M., Awad, A., El-Shafei, A., Helmi, N., Abdel-Hamid, Y., El-Zohery, Y. (2012). 'House dust mites associated with the asthmatic patients in some houses of Cairo, A.R. Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 4(1), pp. 1-2. doi: 10.21608/eajbse.2012.14507
Kenawy, M., Awad, A., El-Shafei, A., Helmi, N., Abdel-Hamid, Y., El-Zohery, Y. House dust mites associated with the asthmatic patients in some houses of Cairo, A.R. Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2012; 4(1): 1-2. doi: 10.21608/eajbse.2012.14507

House dust mites associated with the asthmatic patients in some houses of Cairo, A.R. Egypt

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, E. Medical Entomology & Parasitology
Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 1, December 2012, Page 1-2  XML PDF (150.14 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/eajbse.2012.14507
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Authors
Mohamed A. Kenawy1; Ashraf A. Awad1; Akila M. El-Shafei1; Nadia Helmi1; Yousrya M. Abdel-Hamid2; Yousry Z. A. El-Zohery3
1Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University
2Department of Haematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, A.R. Egypt.
3Research Institute of Medical Entomology, The General Organization for Institutes and Teaching Hospitals, Ministry of Health, Dokki, Giza
Abstract
The study examines the species composition of the house dust mites in houses of patients suffering from bronchial asthma in Cairo. Six mite species belonging to 4 families were identified of which Dermatophagoides farinae and D. pteronyssinus (Pyroglyphidae) were the common species, Blomia tropicalis (Glycyphagidae) was first detected in Cairo houses and Cheyletus trouessarti (Cheyletidae) may represent a new report in houses of allergic patients in Egypt. The two other species were: Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acaridae) and Acarus siro (Acaridae). Based on this study and of the other workers, a list of 16 species belonging to 7 families associated with house dust in Egypt was presented.
Keywords
house dust mites; species composition; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Dermatophagoides farinae; bronchial asthma
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