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Review on Ecology of House Dust Mites in Korea and Suggestion of a Standard Survey Method

Other Titles
 우리나라 집먼지진드기 생태에 관한 고찰 및 표준 조사법 제안 
Authors
 용태순  ;  정경용 
Citation
 Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease (소아알레르기 호흡기학회지), Vol.21(1) : 4-16, 2011 
Journal Title
Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease(소아알레르기 호흡기학회지)
ISSN
 1225-679x 
Issue Date
2011
Keywords
House dust mites ; Allergens ; Survey ; Korea
Abstract
A large number of house dust mites live in homes worldwide and produce the most important allergens which cause allergic diseases to the genetically predisposed individuals perennially. Herewith, the literatures published on the survey of dust mites in Korea were reviewed. In most studies, mites were isolated and investigated from the house dust samples collected by using household vacuum cleaners. Among more than 30 species of house dust mites recorded in Korea, Dermatophagoides farinae was found to be the most predominant species in homes, followed by D. pteronyssinus. House dust mites were most frequently encountered in dust from bedding samples followed by kitchen samples, in which Tyrophagus putrescentiae, a storage mite species, was the most frequently found species. The highest mite density and allergen concentration were shown in autumn. It would be useful if the standard method for the investigation of dust mite density is established for the field survey. Measuring the number of mites per unit area (1 m2) collected in a given time (2 minutes) using a house-hold vacuum cleaners equiped with nonwovens is suggested here as an objective and convenient method for the survey on house dust mites. Mites can be detected directly from fine dust samples using a stereomicroscope or isolated by technique utilizing saturated salt water. In the future, more field surveys and laboratory studies are necessary for the investigation on the relationship between house dust mites in homes and various allergic diseases
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Research Institute (부설연구소) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Tropica Medicine (열대의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Yong, Tai Soon(용태순) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-0769
Jeong, Kyoung Yong(정경용) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9887-1426
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/95257
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