title: Tarsonemid mites in Danish house dust.
abstract: From a study of 98 typical Danish city apartments it was found that pyroglyphid and tarsonemid mites dominated the housedust acarofauna. Both groups of mites show a remarkable similarity in their occurrence and dependence on the microclimate. Room air humidities above 7 g water/kg dry air involved the highest densities. Below this limit only background contamination appeared. At least 14 distinct forms of tarsonemid mites were found, with Tarsonemus floricolus Can. & Fanz., 1876 as the dominating species. As tarsonemid mites were found regularly rather than occasionally, it is suggested that these mites may be responsible for at least a part of the cases of housedust allergy that cannot be ascribed to the content of Dermatophagoides mites in the housedust.
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens; D001512:Bedding and Linens; D003718:Denmark; D004391:Dust; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D008925:Mites; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D004391:Dust