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Tiny, free-living mites have long been recognised as one of the most important sources of allergen of house dust causing atopic and bronchial asthma, rhinitis and dermatitis in susceptible persons. Among several species of these mites Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae (Acari: Pyroglyphid...

In Europe the Lyme disease spirochetes, B. burgdorferi s.l., are maintained naturally in enzootic cycles involving wildlife reservoirs, such as Clethrionomys glareolus and Apodemus flavicollis, and ixodid tick vectors, primarily Ixodes ricinus. Although the disease is generally associated with fores...