title: Survey of acarin fauna in dust samplings of curtains in the city of Campinas, Brazil.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the mite fauna present in 33 living room and 22 bedroom curtain dust samples from 41 different homes in the southern Brazilian city of Campinas, SP. A total of 148 mite bodies were found. Of these, 83 were found in living-room curtain samples (56.1% of total) and 65 were in bedroom curtain dust samples (43.9%). The most frequently observed mite suborders were: Acaridida (n = 79; 53.4%), Actinedida (n=53; 35.8%), Oribatida (n=14; 9.5%), and Gamasida (n=2; 1.3%). The most frequent families were Pyroglyphidae (n=61; 41.2%), Eriophyidae (n=25; 16.9%), Tarsonemidae (n=15; 10.1%), and Glycyphagidae (n=13; 8.8%). No statistical difference was observed between the number of mites found in the samples from living room and bedroom curtains.
authors: Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil.
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Binotti
authors: C H
authors: CH
authors: Oliveira
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Santos
authors: C S
authors: CS
authors: Binotti
authors: J R O
authors: JR
authors: Muniz
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Prado
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis*; D006798:Housing; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D004391:Dust