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Airborne house dust mite antigen after vacuum cleaning
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1990-08-18. It has received 46 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: House dust mite.read more
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Prevention of atopic disorders.
Lata Kumar,Pinki Surana +1 more
TL;DR: Various allergen avoidance measures are discussed, with reference to India so that physicians can incorporate these in the management not only of atopic patients but also as preventive strategy in high risk families.
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The house-dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) and the allergens it produces. Identity with the house-dust allergen
TL;DR: The finding of the house-dust mite seems to supply an answer to all factors, and the keystone of the theory is formed by the fact that after being made equivalent, extracts of house dust and mite cultures gave skin reactions which were both qualitatively and quantitatively indistinguishable.
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Reducing house-dust mites by vacuuming.
TL;DR: Two types of nozzles were compared for efficiency in extracting dust and house-dust mites from textile floor-coverings and the motorized nozzle appeared to be significantly more effective in extracts dust; however, for the mites no such difference could be noted.