background: being exposed to house dust mites intensifies atopic dermatitis. this study has investigated the con­tamination rate with dermatophagoides mites in patient's residential home with atopic dermatitis. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 40 patients took part with atopic dermatitis (positive or negative for mites by prick dermal test). samples were collected from 3 locations (livin...

background : to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to date, no systematic study has been carried out in tabriz city to investigate the extent, frequency, causes, and major outcome(s) of falling accidents in the houses of rural and urban areas of this city. the current study was, therefore, undertaken to address some of these issues. methods: in this cross-sectional retrospective study, 43170 i...

to study the feasibility of anaerobic filter in raw sewage and slaughter house wastewater treatment, slaughter house wastewater treatment, a batch flow pilot plant was designed. in phase one, with a detention time of 3-days and no mixing, the maximum reduction in cod was 23%. in the second phase, with a detention time of 2-days and complete mixing, glucose was added to the raw sewage, the reduc...

background: there has never been a single case report of any parasitic zoono-sis in ile-ife while just a case of human acanthocephalan infection in nigeria is available. methods: fifty (house–rats) rattus rattus (linnaeus, 1758) were caught in houses and raw food sellers’ stalls in a market in ile-ife. a caught rat was removed from the cage and sacrificed by cervical jerking. a rat was weighed,...

Commercially reared parasitoids were released into three high-rise, caged-layer poultry houses; one house received only N. vitripennis Walker, the second house received only M. raptorellus Kogan & Legner, and the third house received an equal ratio of both species. Overall, house fly parasitism by M. raptorellus was never higher than 7% in any house. Most parasitism in the M. raptorellus releas...

House dust mites produce potent allergens that exacerbate asthma in sensitized patients, whom are recommended to practice allergen avoidance within their home environment. We tested the effect of activated charcoal impregnated fibers on house dust mite survival. One hundred live adult house dust mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) were added to eight culture dishes preequilibrated at room te...