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A 2-year, EPSRC-funded project

The Environmental Control of House Dust Mites: Validation of a Combined Hygrothermal Population Model

Starting date: 1st of April 2004

 

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Completed EPSRC-funded project “Environmental Control of House Dust Mites: Validation of a Combined Hygrothermal Population Model” (April 2004 to April 2006)

Published Papers

Ventilation rates and moisture-related allergens in UK dwellings (2nd WHO International Housing and Health Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2004)

A steady state model for predicting hygrothermal conditions in beds in relation to house dust mite requirements (BSERT, 2005, 26 (4): 301-314)

A simple model for predicting the effect of hygrothermal conditions on populations of house dust mites Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Acari: Pyroglyphidae). (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2006, 72 (2): 127-148).

The environmental control of house dust mites: a combined hygrothermal population model (Healthy Buildings, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2006)

Predicting the population dynamics of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) in response to a constant hygrothermal environment using a model of the mite life cycle (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2007, 41(1-2): 61-86)

Reproduction and development of laboratory and wild house dust mites and their relation to the natural dust ecosystem. (Journal of Medical Entomology, 2007, 44(4): 568-574)

The psychrometric control of house dust mites: a pilot study. (BSERT, 2007, 28(4): 347-356)

House Dust Mites, in: Bennefoy, Kampen and Sweeney (ed.), 'Public health significance of urban pests', Bonn: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe, 2008.

A model to predict the hygrothermal conditions experienced by House Dust Mites within beds. (Submitted)

Life history parameters of wild populations of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus reared on a dust diet. (in preparation)

Predicting the population dynamics of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) in response to a continuously changing hygrothermal environment. (in preparation)

Comparison of a simple and a complex model for the prediction of hygrothermal conditions experienced by house dust mites within beds. (in preparation)

News

EPSRC Dust Mite Research Team on the Dispatches TV programme on asthma in childhood

Completed EPSRC-funded project "Hygrothermal Model for Predicting House Dust Mite Response to Environmental Conditions in Dwellings“ (April 2000 to June 2002)

Published Papers

A combined transient hygrothermal and population model of house dust mites in beds
Controlling house dust mites through ventilation: the development of a model of mite response to varying hygrothermal conditions
Factors affecting the carrying capacity (K) of a mattress for the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

Reports and Workshops

Four Page Summary of Project Findings
Literature Review
PowerPoint presentation from Project Workshop 18 July 2002
Dust Mite Newsletter Sept 2000