Out of the total mites identified, 38.7% were male and 27.9% were female, while 33.3% of the dust mites could not be categorized due to indistinct structure. Maximum male mites were collected from the patients of the age group between 30–50 yrs age group while maximum female was recorded in the house of the age group between 1–30 yrs age group.
Six different genus of house dust mites were identified in the present survey. The dominant genus wasDermatophagoides spp. (2341), followed by Blomia spp. (1936), Acarus spp. (1686), and Cheyletus spp. (671).Acarus, Blomia, and Dermatophagoides were found dominant in several house dust surveyed at different concentration (Table 3). Among Dermatophagoides, D. farinae (849) followed by D. pteronyssinus (733) was found to be the dominant species. Similarly, A. siro and B. tropicalis were the identified species of the genusAcarus and Blomia, respectively.