Table 1 Species list, dominance, frequency and abundance of mites found in house dust samples from dwellings of the examined asthmatic patients in Bytom (south Poland).

From: Abundance of domestic mites in dwellings of children and adolescents with asthma in relation to environmental factors and allergy symptoms

Mite taxa

Dominance

Frequency

Abundance3

N

%

n

%1

%2

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

339

59.89

21

33.33

48.84

5.38

Dermatophagoides farinae

183

32.33

29

46.03

67.44

2.90

Euroglyphus maynei

3

0.53

2

3.17

4.65

0.05

Gymnoglyphus longior

1

0.18

1

1.59

2.33

0.02

Acarus siro

1

0.18

1

1.59

2.33

0.02

Tyrophagus putrescentiae

1

0.18

1

1.59

2.33

0.02

Lepidoglyphus destructor

10

1.76

3

4.76

6.98

0.16

Glycyphagus domesticus

1

0.18

1

1.59

2.33

0.02

Cheyletidae

22

3.89

10

15.87

23.26

0.35

Mesostigmata

5

0.88

2

3.17

4.65

0.08

Total mites

566

100

43

68.25

100

8.98

  1. N—number of specimens, n—number of positive samples, 1 in relation to the total of samples examined (n = 63), 2 in relation to samples positive for mites (n = 43), 3 mean number of mites per 1 sample in relation to all samples examined (n = 63).
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