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Effect of Activated Charcoal Fibers on the Survival of the House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: A Pilot Study

House dust mites produce potent allergens that exacerbate asthma in sensitized patients, whom are recommended to practice allergen avoidance within their home environment. We tested the effect of activated charcoal impregnated fibers on house dust mite survival. One hundred live adult house dust mit...

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Autores principales: Nam, Hae-Seon, Lee, Sun-Hwa, Choi, Young-Jin, Park, Joon-Soo, Cho, Moon-Kyun, Lee, Sang-Han, Crane, Julian, Siebers, Robert
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scholarly Research Network 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762605
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/868170
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author Nam, Hae-Seon
Lee, Sun-Hwa
Choi, Young-Jin
Park, Joon-Soo
Cho, Moon-Kyun
Lee, Sang-Han
Crane, Julian
Siebers, Robert
author_facet Nam, Hae-Seon
Lee, Sun-Hwa
Choi, Young-Jin
Park, Joon-Soo
Cho, Moon-Kyun
Lee, Sang-Han
Crane, Julian
Siebers, Robert
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description House dust mites produce potent allergens that exacerbate asthma in sensitized patients, whom are recommended to practice allergen avoidance within their home environment. We tested the effect of activated charcoal impregnated fibers on house dust mite survival. One hundred live adult house dust mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) were added to eight culture dishes preequilibrated at room temperature (n = 4) and 70% humidity (n = 4) containing house dust mite food and active charcoal fibers. At 10 minute intervals, live and dead house dust mites were counted. All house dust mites instantly attached to the activated charcoal fibers and started to shrink almost immediately. There were no live house dust mites present as early as 40 minutes in some dishes while after 190 minutes all house dust mites were dead. In conclusion, activated charcoal fibers, if incorporated into bedding items, have the potential to control house dust mites in the indoor environment.
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spelling pubmed-36717132013-06-12 Effect of Activated Charcoal Fibers on the Survival of the House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: A Pilot Study Nam, Hae-Seon Lee, Sun-Hwa Choi, Young-Jin Park, Joon-Soo Cho, Moon-Kyun Lee, Sang-Han Crane, Julian Siebers, Robert ISRN Allergy Research Article House dust mites produce potent allergens that exacerbate asthma in sensitized patients, whom are recommended to practice allergen avoidance within their home environment. We tested the effect of activated charcoal impregnated fibers on house dust mite survival. One hundred live adult house dust mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) were added to eight culture dishes preequilibrated at room temperature (n = 4) and 70% humidity (n = 4) containing house dust mite food and active charcoal fibers. At 10 minute intervals, live and dead house dust mites were counted. All house dust mites instantly attached to the activated charcoal fibers and started to shrink almost immediately. There were no live house dust mites present as early as 40 minutes in some dishes while after 190 minutes all house dust mites were dead. In conclusion, activated charcoal fibers, if incorporated into bedding items, have the potential to control house dust mites in the indoor environment. International Scholarly Research Network 2012-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3671713/ /pubmed/23762605 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/868170 Text en Copyright © 2012 Hae-Seon Nam et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nam, Hae-Seon
Lee, Sun-Hwa
Choi, Young-Jin
Park, Joon-Soo
Cho, Moon-Kyun
Lee, Sang-Han
Crane, Julian
Siebers, Robert
Effect of Activated Charcoal Fibers on the Survival of the House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: A Pilot Study
title Effect of Activated Charcoal Fibers on the Survival of the House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: A Pilot Study
title_full Effect of Activated Charcoal Fibers on the Survival of the House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: A Pilot Study
title_fullStr Effect of Activated Charcoal Fibers on the Survival of the House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Activated Charcoal Fibers on the Survival of the House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: A Pilot Study
title_short Effect of Activated Charcoal Fibers on the Survival of the House Dust Mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: A Pilot Study
title_sort effect of activated charcoal fibers on the survival of the house dust mite, dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: a pilot study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762605
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/868170
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