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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"House dust"”.
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Ecological relationships between microorganisms and house-dust mites (Acarida: Pyroglyphidae)
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The house dust microbiota in the Drakenstein Child Health Study
… pets, season and location. Understanding the house dust microbial community is vital to understanding its' influence on human respiratory health. Aims: The aims of the studies described in this MSc dissertation were to: 1) evaluate the performance of ten commercial nucleic acid extraction kits …
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Genomic and Proteomic Characterisation of the European House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
House dust mites are major causative agents in the pathogenesis of allergy. Their proximity with human habitats, association with development of allergenic diseases, and resistance to physical and chemical control measures; make them some of the most medically important mites. Understanding of …
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Investigating Seasonal and Occupational Trends of Five Organophosphate Pesticides in House Dust in the Lower Yakima Valley, WA
… Trends of Five Organophosphate Pesticides in House Dust in the Lower Yakima Valley, WA</bold> Katie M McDonald Organophosphate pesticides (OPs) are a class of insecticides and pesticides that have become widely used. Adult exposure routes and health effects of OPs have been researched in …
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Determining the Effects and Signaling Properties of β-Blockers in House Dust Mite-Driven Murine Models of Asthma
… models of asthma using the allergens from house dust mites (HDM). To further increase the clinical relevance of our present studies, we designed protocols to study the ‘prophylactic’ and ‘therapeutic’ effects of β-blockers by initiating drug treatment pre- and post- the development of …
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IgE-reactivity and proinflammatory cytokine -inducibility of various recombinant house dust mite allergens including novel rDer f 4
House dust mite (HDM) is the most important inducer of allergy and asthma in the world. More than thirty three group of mite allergens have been reported from HDMs and storage mites (SMs). The accurate diagnosis of mite allergy is a very important for effective treatment. For diagnosis and …
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The effect of domestic mechanical heat recovery ventilation on asthma control of patients allergic to the house dust mite
… humid environment favours the growth of the house dust mite population. Allergy to the house dust mite is the most common allergy associated with asthma in the UK. Studies of occupational asthma, seasonal asthma and at altitude infer that the environment may directly affect symptoms of …
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A systematic review of treatments for atopic dermatitis
… massage therapy, dietary manipulation, house dust mite reduction, patient education, emollients, allergen antibody complexes of house dust mite and thymic extracts. Treatments that show no evidence of benefit include sedatory antihistamines, oral sodium cromoglycate, oral antibiotics on …
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From Field to Home: Assessing Air Infiltration and Soil Track-in Transport Pathways of Agricultural Pesticides into Farmworkers' Home and Identifying Risk Factors for Increased In-Home Pesticide Levels
… fields. Samples of outdoor air, yard soil, and house dust from 21 farmworkers' homes in Yuma County, Arizona were collected and analyzed for a suite of agricultural pesticides. To capture household information, such as behaviors, demographics, and housing structure, a participant questionnaire …
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Managerial and Nutritional Manipulation to Reduce Swine Odor
… three areas, namely iron bioavailability, dust/odor reduction technologies, and dietary manipulation to reduce urine pH and swine odor. The first section, iron bioavailability, contains three experiments which were conducted as hemoglobin depletion/repletion studies involving newly weaned …
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Characterizing the Binding Potential, Activity, and Bioaccessibility of Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARγ) Ligands in Indoor Dust
… the primary sink for many of these SVOCs is dust, and dust ingestion has been confirmed as an important pathway for SVOCs accumulation in humans, the potential PPAR binding and activation in extracts from environmentally relevant dust samples was also investigated. </p><p> Previous studies …
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Towards understanding the fate of perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) within urban environments: implications for human exposure.
… (PFOSEs). An international comparison of house dust was conducted and concentrations of PFCs in the UK (except for ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamide (EtFOSA)) were found to be similar to those from France, Germany, USA, Canada and Australia and much greater than from homes in Kazakhstan …
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Investigation into the partitioning of Lindane between air and dust in indoor environments
… was widely used in the UK until 2004, adsorbs to house dust. House dust acts as a reservoir for such contaminants which are remitted by desorption into the air over time. A method for measuring Lindane air concentrations in a vial using SPME without the use of water or any solvent was developed in …
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Developmental Toxicity of Organophosphate-Based Flame Retardants
… was voluntarily phased out, prompting an industry-wide shift toward the use of alternative flame retardant formulations containing at least one of the two major classes of organophosphate-based flame retardants (OPFRs) - chlorinated phosphate esters (CPEs) and aryl phosphate esters (APEs). …
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Intrinsic alterations of the skin barrier function promote the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis in dogs
… response to common environmental stimuli such as house dust mites. Based on such hypotheses we isolated canine keratinocytes from healthy and atopic dogs and exposed them to several immunological stimuli (cytokines, bacterial antigens, house dust mite extract, and vitamin D3) to mimic the milieu …
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Avaliação do potencial alergênico do ácaro de poeira doméstica Glycycometus malaysiensis
Introduction: Dust mites are considered one of the main sources of aeroallergens and are associated with the development of allergic diseases. In Brazil, the most prevalent mites belong to the genera Dermatophagoides spp and Blomia spp. However, in a previous study conducted by our group we …
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Remodeling of the pulmonary circulation - a novel response to allergic airway inflammation
… inflammation (where chicken egg albumin (OVA) or house dust mite (HDM) extract were used as allergens). More specifically the structural alterations of remodeling, the time frame of development and the resolution were investigated. The studies show that vascular remodeling is a feature of allergic …
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The Effect of Carpet Fiber on the Growth of Dermataphagiodes farniae in a Controlled Environment
… fiber that was most supportive of the growth of house dust mites, olefin was the second most supportive, and wool carpet and hard floor were similar in being the least supportive.
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Immunomodulatory effect of the Acanthocheilonema viteae product ES-62 in arthropod extract models of asthma
… has been found to alleviate inflammation in a house dust mite extract (HDME) allergy model.;The intention of this study was to identify whether ES-62 inhibits the induction of allergy in cockroach extract (CRE) and HDME models through the analysis of several key parameters of allergy induction. …
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Respiratory allergy and asthma associated with pesticide exposure amongst women in rural Western Cape
… atopy and quantification of specific IgE to house dust mite, storage mite and spider mite). The outcome variables included doctor diagnosed asthma, adult onset asthma, current asthma, allergic sensitisation, allergic airway inflammation and the asthma symptom score. The asthma symptom score …
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