Identification of polyester toys dust mites

Guillermo Muñoz Zurita 1, * and Silvia Bocanegra Carrillo 2

1 Faculty of Medicine Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (FMBUAP), Mexico.
2 Emiliano Zapata High School Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 10(02), 203–205
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2021.10.2.0212
 
Publication history: 
Received on 05 April 2021; revised on 07 May 2021; accepted on 09 May 2021
 
Abstract: 
The importance of the surrounding environment and ecological microcosms to determine identification of mites in this particular polyester toys because these objects have the necessary criteria survival and reproduction of different kinds of mites, most people have them and are propitious source so that people can develop atopic vulnerably or exacerbate allergic reactions. Objective: To identify dust mites on polyester toys. Materials and methods. This work is descriptive, cross-section. Period: January to February 2021. Study population: 55 toys Polyester, 51 samples were observed under a microscope Karl Zeiss stereoscope, we used the method of Hart and Fain. Results. Mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus was the most identified, appeared in 30 (58.8%) positive samples.
 
Keywords: 
Mites; polyester toys
 
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