Seasonal dynamics of house dust mites in dust samples collected from sleeping places in north-western Poland

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-15

  Kosik Bogacka, D I ^a   Kalisinska, E ^a   Henszel, L ^b   Kuzna Grygiel, W ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergenic mites; Poland; Population structure; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; CHEYLETUS; CHORTOGLYPHUS ARCUATUS; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EUROGLYPHUS MAYNEI; GOHIERIA FUSCA; HIRSTIA; INCIDENCE; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; MITE; MITE INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; POLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEASONS;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; CHEYLETUS; CHORTOGLYPHUS ARCUATUS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EUROGLYPHUS MAYNEI; GLYCYPHAGIDAE; HIRSTIA; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 84855725102     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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