Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt.
J Med Entomol. 2020 Feb 27;57(2):329-335. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjz213.
Initial data on the prevalence of storage mites in dry-stored food products and estimates of the presence of mites in human stool in the city of Minia, Egypt are provided. In total, 847 samples were collected randomly from houses and retail stores between March 2017 and February 2018. In addition, 1,000 human stool samples were collected for the detection of the presence of mites. Mites were extracted from 285 of 840 (33.9%) samples, and mite contamination was found to be most prevalent in wheat flour (73.3%). In total, 11 mite species belonging to six families were identified, with the pest species Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acari: Acaridae) (TP) being the most prevalent (91.2% of samples). The seasonal density distribution showed the highest storage mite density in March-April, followed by October, and the lowest in January. In addition, mites were detected in 87 (8.7%) human stool samples, with significant associations between certain occupations and some personal characteristics. Therefore, more attention needs to be paid to intestinal acariasis arising from mite infestation of dry-stored food products.
提供了埃及明亚市干燥储存食品中储存螨的流行率初始数据，以及人体粪便中螨存在的估计。2017 年 3 月至 2018 年 2 月期间，共从房屋和零售店随机采集了 847 个样本。此外，还采集了 1000 个人体粪便样本以检测螨的存在。从 840 个样本中的 285 个（33.9%）中提取了螨虫，发现螨虫污染在小麦粉中最为普遍（73.3%）。总共鉴定出属于六个科的 11 种螨，其中害虫物种 Tyrophagus putrescentiae（Schrank）（蜱螨目：蜱螨科）（TP）最为普遍（91.2%的样本）。季节性密度分布显示，3 月至 4 月的储存螨密度最高，其次是 10 月，1 月最低。此外，在 87 个人体粪便样本中检测到了螨虫，某些职业和一些个人特征与螨虫存在显著相关。因此，需要更加关注由干燥储存食品中螨污染引起的肠道螨病。
