Abstract
Examination of dust from sleeping areas showed that storage mites, especially Glycophagid species, were predominant in Brunei house dust. On skin testing sixty asthmatics with 1% extracts of six mite species, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus was found to provoke the greatest number of positive skin reactions (66.7%), but positive reactions for Tyrophagus putrescentiae (50%), Acarus siro (35%), Glycyphagus domesticus (40%), and Lepidoglyphus destructor (45%) demonstrated that storage mites are also significant allergens. The role of storage mites in the causation of asthma in the tropics may have been underestimated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 609-615 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Clinical Allergy |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1980 |