Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common, frequently occurring disease with increasing incidences every year. House dust mite is one of the common indoor allergens that causes allergic rhinitis. So this study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Allergopharma house dust mite vaccine in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. A case self-control method was used to compare the total symptom usi...

House dust mite allergens express protease activity and it has been suggested that this property has pathogenic effects by increasing airway absorption. In accordance, house dust mite allergens may increase mucosal permeability in vitro. The objective of the present study was to examine nasal absorption of desmopressin (1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin) in patients with perennial house dust m...

There is a dose-response relation between the level of exposure to house dust mite allergen and the risk of acquiring sensitization to this allergen as well as the risk of developing asthma. This relation is apparent at levels of exposure below 10 microg/g. In communities where nearly all houses have house dust mite allergen levels above this threshold, all susceptible individuals will be affec...

make changes in their homes to reduce dust mite exposure (knowledge) and whether they had made any changes in their homes to reduce dust mite exposure (practice). Results. The study families were predominately white (50%) or African American (35%). All of the children demonstrated positive skin test results for dust mite allergen, 61% (n 69) had been examined and skin-tested by an allergist bef...

House dust mites have been reported to be the most important allergen in human dwellings. Several articles had already shown the presence of different mite species at homes in Brazil, being Pyroglyphidae, Glycyphagidae and Cheyletidae the most important families found. This paper is an annotated bibliography that will lead to a better knowledge of house dust mite fauna in Brazil.

OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the species of the house dust mites seen in Erzincan, the number of mites per gram of dust in the houses, and the relationship between temperature and the number of mite specimens. METHODS For this purpose, 54 dust samples collected from 18 houses located in different districts of Erzincan province between November 2013 and January 2014. These samples were exam...

House dust mites are widely distributed in the human habitat and work environment and produce very powerful allergens. The most important allergy-causing mites found in homes worldwide are the house dust mites Dermatophagoides farinae and D. pteronyssinus and the storage mite Blomia tropicalis. It is important to know which mite species are present in a geographical area when performing diagnos...

This paper describes a current multi-disciplinary UK funded research project aimed at developing a hygrothermal model of house dust mite response to environmental conditions. The project involves the development of a transient hygrothermal bed model, which has been tested and validated by comparing its predictions with the environmental conditions measured in a bed in a test laboratory and in b...

BACKGROUND Asthma caused by allergy to house dust mite is a growing problem. Patients with allergy who do not have asthma (yet) might develop asthma depending on exposure to precipitating factors. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether house dust mite avoidance measures have an effect on the development of asthma. METHODS Patients with allergy (n = 29) who had no diagnosis of asthma (FEV1...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to determine the distribution of mite allergens in pig-farming environments in comparison to urban homes and the relationship between exposure to mite allergens and sensitization to the respective allergens in 100 pig farmers with work-related respiratory symptoms. METHODS The concentration of storage mite (Lep d 2) and house-dust-mite (Der p 1, Der...