Domestic acari of Colombia : bionomics, ecology, and distribution of allergenic mites, their role in allergic diseases = Acaros en Colombia : bionomia, ecologia y distribucion, su importancia en las enfermedades alergicas

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD = 11
• PROLOGO = 13
• SECTION Ⅰ: Faunistics and Taxonomy of Domestic Acari From House dust in Colombia / Mir S. Mulla ; Mario Sanchez-Medina ; Laurence D. Charlet. = 15
• 1 - Introduction = 17
• 2 - Study area - Colombia = 20
• 3 - Materials and Methods = 22
• 4 - Acarine Fauna of House Dust = 29
• 5 - Taxonomic Status = 40
• A - Suborder Astigmata = 43
• a - Family Pyroglyphidae = 45
• b - Family Acaridae = 76
• c - Family Glycyphagidae. = 84
• d - Family Chortoglyphidae = 92
• e - Family Carpoglyphidae = 95
• B - Suborder Prostigmata = 96
• a - Family Cheyletidae = 96
• C - Suborder Cryptostigmata = 108
• SECTION Ⅱ: Ecology of House Dust Acari (Pyroglyphidae) in Colombia / Mir S. Mulla ; Mario Sanchez-Medina ; Laurence D. Charlet. = 115
• 1 - Introduction = 117
• 2 - Mite Abundance and Environmental Parameters = 119
• a - Introduction = 119
• b - Floor and Mattress Populations = 120
• c - Mites in Homes of Allergic and Nonallergic = 122
• d - Mites as Related to Type of Floor = 123
• e - House Age and Mites = 126
• f - Socio-Economic Level and Mite Abundance = 128
• g - Pets Influencing Mites = 131
• h - Bedroom Occupancy as Related to Mite Numbers = 133
• i - Age of Mattress and Mites = 134
• j - House Dust Load and Mites = 137
• SECTION Ⅲ: Seasonal Population Trends and Attributes of House Dust Mites(Pyroglyphidae) in Bogota Colombia / Mir S. Mulla ; Mario Sanchez-Medina ; Laurence D. Charlet. = 141
• 1 - Introduction = 143
• 2 - Seasonal Population Trends of Pyroglyphids = 145
• 3 - Seasonal Population Trends of 2 Important Species = 152
• 4 - Population Structure by Stage and Sex = 155
• 5 - Population Trends of Live Mites by Habitats = 157
• SECTION Ⅳ: Species Composition and Population Trends of Mites in Various Climatic Zones of Colombia / Mir S. Mulla ; Mario Sanchez-Medina ; Laurence D. Charlet ; Marcos A. Reyes. = 159
• 1 - Introduction = 161
• 2 - Departamento de Cundinamarca = 162
• a - Abundance and Species Composition = 164
• 3 - Departamento del Valle del Cauca = 174
• a - Introduction = 174
• b - Sampling = 176
• c - Mite Abundance and Species Composition = 176
• SECTION Ⅴ: Preventive and Control Measures for House Dust / Mir S. Mulla ; Mario Sanchez-Medina ; Laurence D. Charlet. = 187
• 1 - Introduction = 189
• 2 - Control Strategies in Colombia = 191
• SECTION Ⅵ: House Dust Mites and Respiratory Allergy in Colombia / Mario Sanchez-Medina ; Alfredo Remolina ; Carlos Correa. = 199
• 1 - Introduction = 201
• 2 - Objectives = 202
• 3 - Materials and Methods = 203
• A - Cases = 203
• B - Controls = 205
• C - Cutaneous Test = 205
• 4 - Determination of Inmunoglobulin E(IgE) = 207
• 5 - Results = 208
• 6 - Discussion = 214
• 7 - Summary = 218
• SECTION Ⅶ: Prophylaxis, Control and Treatment of Respiratory Allergy by Acari / Mario Sanchez-Medina ; Alfredo Remolina ; Blanca M. Rodriguez ; Rosalba Garcia ; Clara Lopez. = 221
• 1 - Introduction = 223
• 2 - Objectives = 225
• 3 - Materials and Methods = 226
• 4 - Selection of Case Studies and Their Control = 228
• 5 - Criteria for Failure = 228
• 6 - Results = 229
• 7 - Discussion = 236
• 8 - Summary = 239
• Ⅷ: Acknowledgements = 241
• Ⅸ: Summary = 247
• Ⅹ: References = 257