Olsen A R
Microanalytical Branch, HFS-315, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 200 C Street, Southwest, Washington, DC, 20204, USA.
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 1998 Dec;28(3):190-8. doi: 10.1006/rtph.1998.1270.
Four species of food-contaminating mites have recently been reported to have caused IgE-mediated allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, in persons who consumed mite-contaminated foods. The mite species are the American house dust mite, Dermatophagoides farinae Hughes (Acarina: Pyroglyphidae); the scaly grain mite, Suidasia sp. prob. pontifica Oudemans (Acarina: Suidasiidae), an acarid mite, Thyreophagus entomophagus Portus & Gomez (Acarina: Acaridae); and the mold mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acarina: Acaridae). Allergenic mites are an emerging food safety issue as ingested allergens in mite-contaminated food.
最近有报道称，四种污染食物的螨虫会在食用了受螨虫污染食物的人群中引发IgE介导的过敏反应，包括过敏反应。这些螨虫种类有美洲屋尘螨，粉尘螨（粉螨科：粉螨属）；鳞翅谷螨，苏氏螨属（苏氏螨科）；粉螨科的食菌螨，嗜菌跗线螨；以及粉螨科的腐食酪螨。作为螨虫污染食物中摄入的过敏原，致敏螨虫是一个新出现的食品安全问题。
