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K Samsinák

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PubMed1986

[Developmental stages of the mite Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans, 1904 (Acari: Dermanyssidae)].

The mite Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans, 1904, is a dangerous parasite of bees which has spread over Europe and other continents in recent two decades. The rapid spreading of the parasite has become a serious problem to veterinarians and bee-keepers in many countries of the world. The development of the mite Varroa jacobsoni has not yet been studied in all details. A detailed taxonomic description of the developmental stages of female and male mite is presented. The female develops from egg into larva, nymph I and nymph II. No deutonymph II has been found in the development of the males, so it is assumed that, like in some other parasitic mite species, this stage is missing in the development of Varroa jacobsoni males. It has been concluded from the morphology of the mouth parts that the adult male cannot parasitize the pupae nor adult bees and that it does not take in food during its short life.

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PubMed1986

Analysis of dust samples from the clinical environment of children with eczemas.

Dust samples were collected and analyzed from the environment of eczematic children both in their homes and the hospital. Samples of house dust (33) contained 16 mite species and a total of 396 mite specimens. Of these, 315 specimens were members of the family Pyroglyphidae. The most abundant species of this family was Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (285 specimens). Samples of hospital dust (49) contained 7 mite species and a total of 156 mite specimens. Again, pyroglyphids were dominant, with Euroglyphus maynei as the most frequent species. Attention is given to the high percentage of pyroglyphids in house dust as producers of an allergogenic substance, and to the importance of hygienic measures. The incidence of the individual species was dependent on the locality. The analyzed dust samples provided a relatively exact information on the environment from which the sample was taken.

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PubMed1985

Mites from the city pavement.

The authors obtained a total of 136 mite specimens from dust samples collected from the pavement of Prague in monthly intervals for a period of one year. Of utmost importance was the finding of Dermatophagoides farinae Hughes, 1961 and Euroglyphus maynei (Cooreman, 1950), both of the family Pyroglyphidae, allergogenic mites. Apart from a few exceptions, all other species were common mites of food stores.

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PubMed1980

Laboratory diagnosis of scabies.

All the above listed reasons as well as the experience we have obtained with this method, justify our recommendation of the introduction of the laboratory diagnosis of scabies through the method of lye scraping of the skin into routine practice. A single parasite element is enough for determining the diagnosis while, for the above mentioned reasons, a negative microscope finding does not exclude the parasitic etiology of the given disease. We therefore recommend in the diagnosis of scabies that the following criteria are parallely used: 1. an objective skin finding 2. laboratory proof of the causative agent of infestation 3. subjective feelings of the patient (itching at the typical time) 4. positive epidemiological anamnesis, primarily the occurrence of clinical symptoms in several members of a family or a group 5. diminishing of clinical symptoms after specific treatment with an anti-scabies medicament.

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PubMed1979

Pyemotes herfsi (Oudemans, 1936) as causative agent of another mass dermatitis in Europe (Acari, Pyemotidae).

The authors describe new cases of human dermatitis caused by Pyemotes herfsi occurring in the food mixing shed for the farrowing house in the piggery at a farm in the destrict of Olomouc, where seven persons handling feedstuff were infected. The disease became manifest as a papular rash, appearing particularly on the back, and all over the body except on the hands and face. When the afflicted person discontinued work in the feed mixing shed, the rash disappeared quickly. The mites were found in the granular dust accumulated in the loft above the food mixing shed. The initial host (insects) could not be identified. After cleaning and disinsecting the contaminated premises with Metation E 50 the workers were free from any symptoms. The mites of the genus Pyemotes, particularly the species P. herfsi (Oudemans, 1936) are little known, but probably frequent causative agents of human dermatitides.

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PubMed1979

Allergogenous mites (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) in private recreation houses.

The bed fauna of periodically inhabited dwellings markedly differs from the bed fauna in town apartments, both in quantity--a higher number of mites and quality--an important dominance of the species Euroglyphus maynei which makes up 70.4% of mites in country cottages, but only 28% in town apratments used by the owners of such recreation houses. In other apartments it is very rare. There differences are explained by the specific regime of humidity and temperature in the periodically inhabited rooms. The patients' worsening condition is apparently caused by quantitative changes.

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PubMed1978

Investigations on the fauna of beds in flats, children's sanatoria and old-age homes.

An analysis was carried of the fauna found in 338 beds from two old-age homes and from flats inhabited by asthmatic children. During hospitalization of these children the fauna in the flats was compared with that found in beds used by them in sanatoria. The most abundant species proved to be Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus that is also widely spread in other countries of Europe. The bed fauna in the sanatoria is very poor, corresponding to the improved state of health of patients during hospitalization. The authors assume that the low population density of fauna is influenced by constant airing of rooms and by strict separation of bedrooms from dining halls and other premises. Also the number of mites in different padding material used in mattresses was evaluated and an analysis of the general fauna per bed was carried out.

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PubMed1976

Application of Bathurin and borax in the biological control of Monomorium pharaonis in housing estates.

Of two apartment houses infested with ants of the species Monomorium pharaonis, one was treated with a biological, the other with a chemical substance. In the first case we used Bathurin in combination with borax at a concentration of 1.3% for both substances. In the first week, borax was added to the bait (minced beef), within the next three weeks, the bait was mixed with Bathurin. The procedure was repeated 5 times. After this period, we achieved complete control of the ants on the infested premises.--Our results obtained with the chemical substance (the insecticide Anthrix) were less successful. This indicates that the first method, although time-consuming and requiring a perfect collaboration with all inhabitants, is safer, because it leads to the complete eradication of ants in the infested premises.

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