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Skin sensitivity to house dust mite extracts in Ghanaian asthmatics in Accra
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1973Abstract Approximately one third of 40 patients aged between 13 to 40 years with bronchial asthma in Accra showed strongly positive skin tests to house dust mite extracts as compared with 5% of controls. It is suggested that house dust mite sensitivity may be an important factor in bronchial asthma in Accra.
J O, Commey, D R, Haddock
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House Dust Mites and Skin Disease in Humans
1984Dust associated with mite-infested stored grain, food, copra etc. is so full of mites, shed exuvia and mite excretory products as to consist of little eise. House dust throughout the world also contains a variety of mites, although never to the same extent.
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Skin Eruptions Caused by Mites from Stored Food
1984Mites infesting food and other organic materials which are stored in bulk can cause serious economic loss and may from time to time cause reactions on the human skin. These eruptions, with various names such as “copra itch”, “grocer’s itch” and Kramerkratze, are probably commoner than the authenticated published reports would suggest.
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Measurement of Dermatophagoides mite allergens on bedding and human skin surfaces
Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 2003SummaryBackground The level of the Dermatophagoides mite group 1 (Der 1) allergens in reservoir dust has been used as an index of exposure in most studies. However, the mite allergen level in reservoir dust cannot directly reflect the personal exposure level.Objective We sought to develop a new method for quantifying the Der 1 allergens on ...
H, Yasueda +4 more
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House Dust and Storage Mite Extracts Influence Skin Keratinocyte and Fibroblast Function
International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 2007<i>Background:</i> The bodies of allergy-causing dust and storage mites likely contain many bioreactive molecules, including some that are allergenic. These molecules may penetrate the epidermis and dermis of the skin. However, little is known about the effects that most of the molecules from mites have on the function of cells in the skin,
Larry G, Arlian +2 more
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Comparative evaluation for pollens and mite extract skin tests.
Tropical and geographical medicine, 1988A study of 105 subjects with a history of atopy was conducted. The skin test was used as screening method and the specific IgE as reference test. The results of the mite extract skin test were compared with those of pollens. For the same degree of skin reactivity, the relationship between the skin test and the specific IgE was highly significant for ...
F A, Tubeilah, W, Luqman
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[Skin prick testing versus immumofluorescence testing for mites allergens].
Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery, 2012To discuss the characteristics of skin prick test (SPT) and immumofluorescence method (IFM) in detecting the atopy of dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Dp) and dermatophagoides farinae (Df)and explore the relationship of them.Four hundred and ninety-one patients with two or more symptoms of nasal obstruction,itching, sneezing and rhinorrhea received SPT ...
Yong, Zhang +6 more
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House-dust mite antigen on skin and sheets
The Lancet, 1998G, Riley +4 more
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