title: [Mites in house dust and human allergoses].
abstract: The literary data on the study of the house-dust mites during the period from 1864 till 1983 are given. The methods of the house dust samples collection in flats and the methods of the house-dust mites isolation from the house dust are evaluated. The house-dust mites fauna including more than 130 species is described. The synantropic mites-pyroglyphides are the main part of the fauna, the stored products mites and predatory cheyletid and gamasid mites occur regularly. The rest part of the fauna consists of the different mites got into house by chance. The literary data on the influence of temperature and relative humidity on the development and growth of the mite population are given. The house-dust mites feeding and digestion processes bearing relation to the formation of the mite allergen are reviewed. The original data complete the literary data on the fauna and distribution of the house-dust mites in Moscow.
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D004463:Ecology; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D008722:Methods; D008925:Mites / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D004391:Dust
vernacular_title: Kleshchi domashneĭ pyli i allergozy cheloveka.