title: Cultures of house-dust mites on animal skin scales.
abstract: The main constituent of one of the most suitable media for growing house-dust mites (D. pteronyssinus) are human skin scales. In this study it is shown that skin scales of a number of other animals are also accepted as food by these mites, with evidence of allergen production. Production of house-dust mite allergen for diagnosis and treatment should not be done on non-human animal skin scales, because of their own high allergenicity.
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D004285:Dogs; D004391:Dust; D005241:Feathers; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology; D008925:Mites; D011817:Rabbits; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology*; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D004391:Dust