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Air-sampled Filter Analysis for Endotoxins and DNA Content
Published on: March 7, 2016
[Gohieria fusca found in dust of air-conditioner filters]
Chai Qiang1, Zhan Xiao-Dong1, Guo Wei1
1Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Wannan Medical University, Wuhu 241002, China.
Objective:
To investigate the pollution status of Gohieria fusca in the air conditioner-filters of different places in Wuhu City.
Methods:
The dust samples were collected from the filters of air-conditioners in dining rooms, shopping malls, hotels and households between June and September, 2013, and G. fusca was detected in the dust samples.
Results:
There were 430 dust samples collected and 98 were G. fusca positive with the breeding rate of 22.79%. The difference of breeding rates of G. fusca were statistically significant among the different places ( χ =18.294, P < 0.05). Among 510.5 g dust samples in total, 783 G. fusca mites were detected with an average breeding density of 1.53 mite/g.
Conclusions:
G. fusca breeds in the dust of air-conditioner filters in Wuhu City gravely.
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