Gregarines in Dermatophagoides spp. (Acari: Pyroglyphidae): light microscopy observation.
Recently there has been an increasing interest in studying arthropods that live close to humans, such as cockroaches and mites, for their potential as vectors. Gregarines observed under light microscopy in intestinal extracts of house dust mites (Dermatophagoides spp.) are described for the first time in scientific literature.
Unidad de Investigación en Patología Respiratoria Protozoaria, Fundación INCLINICA, Oviedo, Spain. rmartinezgiron@hotmail.com
Rafael
R
Martínez-Girón
Levent
L
Doganci
Victor
V
Iraola
D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008853:Microscopy; D039981:Pyroglyphidae / Q000469:parasitology*