Gulkan, BurcuDegerli, SerpilCulha, GulnazSavas, NazanOzcelik, Semra2024-09-182024-09-1820190023-5776https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/7545Objective: This study aims to search house mite's fauna and to investigate the relationship between house dust mite prevalence and house-related risk factors and allergic diseases. Design: Cross sectional study Setting : Two hundred houses in 25 different neigborhoods in Hatay province of Turkey. Hatay province is located in East Mediterranean Region with a population of 1,519,836. It has the border with Syria. The sample was selected by clustered sociodemographic region systematic random sampling method. Subjects: Two hundred samples of house dust Intervention: A survey was used. Pearson Chi-Square test was used. Main outcome measure(s): Samples of house dust in total were analyzed according to Spieksma-Boezman method of lactic acid precipitation; and the identification of the samples in which mites were detected was made according to the Coloff's type identification key. Results: Out of 200 samples of house dust, mite was detected in 57.5% of them. The most frequently found type of mite was determined as D. pteronyssinus (72.2%). There was no significant relationship found between the mite prevalence and other criteria, except the number of rooms when the ground clearance of houses, the case of garden, carpet type, washing temperature and duration of duvets, times of the insolation of pillows and quilts, heating devices, cleaning times, insolation conditions, presence of a pet and the economic situation of the family were analyzed (p > 0.05). Conclusion It is determined that mite prevalence in the province of Hatay, Turkey is higher than many regions.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessallergic diseaseshouse dust miteArticle5117885WOS:000488219400014Q4