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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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Chapter 47 – Allergen Avoidance
Adnan Custovic,Ashley Woodcock +1 more
TL;DR: The early allergy diagnosis and avoidance of domestic allergens in newly diagnosed asthmatic patient are crucial because the early cessation of exposure to the sensitizing agent is associated with good prognosis in terms of measures of disease severity, medication requirements, and quality of life.
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Asthma: What we do and why we do it
David L. J. Freed,John Mansfield +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that nutritional manoeuvres and desensitisation are not subject to the same criticism and should be the treatments of choice.
High-efficiency vacuum cleaners increase personal mite allergen
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured personal mite allergen exposure during vacuum cleaning by nasal air sampling and compared exposures while vacuuming and emptying the vacuum cleaner bag, which approached significance (P ¼ 0.058).
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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.