2012•Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. E, Medical Entomology and ParasitologyOpen access
House dust mites associated with the asthmatic patients in some houses of Cairo, A.R. Egypt
Mohamed Kenawy, Ashraf Awad, Akila El-Shafei, Nadia Helmi, Yousrya Abdel-Hamid, Yousry El-Zohery
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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.