The interactions among insects, mites, and fungi are diverse and complex but poorly understood in most cases. Associations among insects, mites, and fungi span an almost incomprehensible array of ecological interactions and evolutionary histories. Insects and mites often share habitats and resources and thus interact within communities. Many mites and insects rely on fungi for nutrients, and fu...

background: demodex is a genus of mites living predominantly in mammalian pilosebaceous units. they are commonly detected in the skin of face, with increasing numbers in inflammatory lesions. causation between demodex mites and inflammatory diseases, such as rosacea, blepharitis, perioral and seborrhoeic dermatitis or chalazion, is controversially discussed. clinical observations indicate a pri...

BACKGROUND House dust mites have been considered the most important source of allergens for humans. These allergens have been encountered at different indoor sites, mainly on mattresses and pillows. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the number and different specimens of mites on Brazilian bunk-bed mattresses. METHODS Dust samples were collected once using a standardized method on the upper mattress sur...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), as well as reactive nitrogen species (RNS) play either harmful or beneficial role in biological systems. Beneficial effects of ROS include physiological roles in cellular responses against infectious agents and in several cellular signalling pathways. Harmful effects are due to high concentrations of ROS, which can damage biomolecules, including lipids, proteins a...

The present paper systematically reviews studies examining the potential beneficial or harmful effects of religious/spiritual coping with cancer. Using religion and spirituality as resources in coping may be specifically prevalent in patients with cancer considering the potentially life-threatening nature of the illness. Religious/spiritual coping may also serve multiple functions in long-term ...

Chicken mites (Dermanyssus gallinae) collected in several localities in St. Louis County have been fbund to be infected with the virus of St. Louis encephalitis (1, 2). The infection is probably permanent since congenital transfer of the virus in these mites has been demonstrated. Persistence of the virus in nature is indicated likewise by isolation of the virus from mites collected at a single...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), as well as reactive nitrogen species (RNS), are products of normal cellular metabolism. ROS and RNS are well recognized for playing a dual role as both deleterious and beneficial species, since they can be either harmful or beneficial to living systems (Valko et al., 2006). Beneficial effects of ROS occur at low/moderate concentrations and involve physiological ro...

during 2005-2006, an investigation was carried out on the mites associated with stored rice in guilan province, iran. two species of phytoseiid mites were collected and identified as proprioseiopsis bregetovae (abbasova, 1970) and typhlodromus (anthoseius) transvaalensis (nesbitt, 1951). both are reported here for the first time from iran. the association of these two species with the habitat o...

ninteen samples of dust from wool and carpet-weaving places around tabriz were collected. dust mites of wool and carpet-weaving places were separated and identified based on morphological characteristics. genus and species of mites per gram of dusts, were determined. the results showed that dominant population of mites were:dermatophagoides farinae (64%), dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (21.5%),...