Aykut Medeni, Erman Omer Köksal, Doğan Salih
Dicle University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2013;37(2):113-7. doi: 10.5152/tpd.2013.26.
This study was conducted to determine the dust mite fauna of houses in Bitlis and Muş provinces, the monthly value of mite numbers/g dust, as well as the impact of temperature, humidity and altitude on their numbers.
Dust samples were collected monthly from May 2010 to April 2011 from six houses belonging to three settlements; two of the houses were located in Bitlis, while another four were in Muş province.
All 72 examined dust samples were found to be positive with regard to mites. The number of mites found in 1 g dust varied from 25 to 2,740. Overall, 1,167 house dust mites belonging to the orders Astigmata, Mesostigmata and Prostigmata were isolated. Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus was the predominant mite (83.2%), followed by Lepidoglyphus destructor (6.3%), Acarus siro (2.7%) and Tyrophagus putrescentiae (1.9%). The mite numbers were higher in the warmer months of the year.
The dominant mite in the Bitlis and Muş provinces is Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, and the highest mite numbers were found in months in which the outside humidity was low.
本研究旨在确定比特利斯省和穆什省房屋中的尘螨种类、每克灰尘中螨虫数量的月度值，以及温度、湿度和海拔对螨虫数量的影响。
2010年5月至2011年4月期间，每月从三个定居点的六所房屋中采集灰尘样本；其中两所房屋位于比特利斯，另外四所位于穆什省。
所有72份检测的灰尘样本中螨虫检测均呈阳性。每克灰尘中发现的螨虫数量在25至2740只之间。总体而言，共分离出1167只属于粉螨目、中气门目和前气门目的屋尘螨。粉尘螨是主要的螨虫种类（83.2%），其次是害嗜鳞螨（6.3%）、粗脚粉螨（2.7%）和腐食酪螨（1.9%）。螨虫数量在一年中较温暖的月份更高。
比特利斯省和穆什省的主要螨虫种类是粉尘螨，且在室外湿度较低的月份中螨虫数量最多。
