Jenis dan kepadatan tungau debu rumah di Kelurahan Kleak Kecamatan Malalayang Kota Manado

  • Hohakay Y
  • Wahongan G
  • Bernadus J
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Abstract: House dust mites in house dust have cosmopolitan distribution. House mites live from eating the remaining cask of human skin scale and grow in a humid environment. Mites are commonly found in beds, carpets, and clothes. This study was aimed to obtain the types and density of dust mites in Kelurahan Kleak Kecamatan Malalayang Manado. This was a descriptive study with a cross sectional study conducted from October to January 2015. Samples of dust were collected from bed, bedroom floor, and sofa in residential houses by using technique simple random sampling. The results showed that there were 5 dust mite samples from Pyroglyphidae, Glycyphagidae, Acaridae, Cheyletidae, and Chortoglyphidae families. Density of house dust mites was 199 mites/13.46 g of dust. The most dominant type of dust mites was the Glycyphagidae family and the highest percentage of its population was in the bedroom floor meanwhile the most dominant population in bed was the Pyroglyphidae family. Conclusion: There were 5 dust mite families- Pyroglyphidae, Glycyphagidae, Acaridae, Cheyletidae, and Chortoglyphidae with the density of 199 mites/13.46 g of dust. The most frequently found mites was the Glycyphagidae family.Keywords: dust mites, types, densityAbstrak: Tungau debu rumah (TDR) terdapat dalam debu rumah dan berdistribusi kosmopolit. Tungau debu hidup dengan memakan sisa skuama kulit manusia dan bertumbuh dalam lingkungan yang lembab. Tungau biasanya ditemukan di tempat tidur, karpet, dan pakaian. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis dan kepadatan TDR yang ditemukan di Kelurahan Kleak Kecamatan Malalayang Kota Manado. Jenis penelitian ialah deskriptif dengan desain potong lintang yang dilakukan selama bulan Oktober sampai Januari 2015. Sampel penelitian yaitu sampel debu yang dikumpulkan dari tempat tidur, lantai kamar tidur, dan sofa yang ada di perumahan penduduk dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan 5 jenis TDR dari famili Pyroglyphidae, Glycyphagidae, Acaridae, Cheyletidae, dan Chortoglyphidae. Kepadatan TDR yaitu 199 tungau/13,46 gr debu. Jenis tungau debu yang paling dominan yaitu dari famili Glycyphagidae dengan populasi tertinggi pada lantai kamar tidur sedangkan populasi paling dominan pada tempat tidur yaitu famili Pyroglyphidae. Simpulan: Di Kelurahan Kleak Kecamatan Malalayang Kota Manado terdapat 5 jenis TDR dari famili Pyroglyphidae, Glycyphagidae, Acaridae, Cheyletidae, dan Chortoglyphidae dengan kepadatan TDR yaitu 199 tungau/13,46 gr debu. Jenis TDR yang paling sering ditemukan ialah famili GlycyphagidaeKata kunci: tungau debu rumah, jenis, kepadatan

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Hohakay, Y. A., Wahongan, G. J. P., & Bernadus, J. B. B. (2017). Jenis dan kepadatan tungau debu rumah di Kelurahan Kleak Kecamatan Malalayang Kota Manado. Jurnal E-Biomedik, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.35790/ebm.5.2.2017.16352

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