Korean J Parasitol.
1967 Jun;5(1):69-75. 10.3347/kjp.1967.5.1.69.
Epidemiological studies on the Acaroid mite
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.
- KMID: 1498803
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1967.5.1.69
Abstract
- Epidemiological study on Acaroid mite in dust different sites were carried out and the following results were obtained. Tyrophagus dimidiatus, Chibidania tokyoensis and Ornithonyssus nagayoi were found in living room(46.2 %), bath room(36.7 %), garden(27.0 %), shopping-store(28.8 %) and ware-house (29.2 %) in the Pusan area. Dermanyssus gallinae and Rhizoglyphus echinopus were found mainly in class rooms of girl's high school(34.0 %) and class room of girl's middle school(40.0 %) as well as in primary school(13.2 %), but they are not found in class rooms of boys high school. Generally, the various mites were found in the living room(57.0 %), under the carpet(50 %), under the furniture(52.0 %), on the furniture(27.5 %), lavatory(35.7 %) and garden(23.8 %).
