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

Kenawy, Mohamed A.; Awad, Ashraf A.; El-Shafei, Akila M.; Helmi, Nadia; Abdel-Hamid, Yousrya M.; El-Zohery, Yousry Z. A.

doi:10.21608/eajbse.2012.14507

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

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University

² Department of Haematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, A.R. Egypt.

³ Research Institute of Medical Entomology, The General Organization for Institutes and Teaching Hospitals, Ministry of Health, Dokki, Giza

10.21608/eajbse.2012.14507

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.

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