1. Dedication

   • Barbara J. Hart

   Announcement Pages: vii - viii

2. Introduction

   • Frits Th. M. Spieksma

   EditorialNotes Pages: ix - xiii

3. Assessment of mite numbers: New methods and results

   • E. R. C. Bischoff
   • A. Fischer
   • B. Liebenberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 14

4. Water balance and humidity requirements of house dust mites

   • Larry G. Arlian

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 35

5. How relevant are house dust mite-fungal interactions in laboratory culture to the natural dust system?

   • D. B. Hay
   • B. J. Hart
   • A. E. Douglas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 47

6. Age structure and dynamics of house dust mite populations

   • M. J. Colloff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 74

7. The colonisation of new houses by house dust mites (Acari: Pyroglyphidae)

   • Wietske A. D. van der Hoeven
   • Rob de Boer
   • Jan Bruin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 84

8. Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the house dust mitesDermatophagoides farinae andD. pteronyssinus (Acari, Pyroglyphidae) with remarks on spermatogenesis and oogenesis

   • Manfred Günther Walzl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 116

9. Storage mites

   • Marianne van Hage-Hamsten
   • S. G. O. Johansson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 128

10. A review of recent immunochemical studies ofBlomia tropicalis andEuroglyphus maynei allergens

    • L. Karla Arruda
    • Martin D. Chapman

    ReviewPaper Pages: 129 - 140

11. Epidemiology of dust-mite-related disease

    • Richard Sporik
    • Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills

    OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 151

12. Molecular polymorphisms of house dust mite allergens

    • W. R. Thomas
    • K. -Y. Chua
    • W. -A. Smith

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 164

13. A comparative study of allergenic and potentially allergenic enzymes fromDermatophagoides pteronyssinus, D. farinae andEuroglyphus maynei

    • Geoffrey A. Stewart
    • Catherine H. Bird
    • Philip J. Thompson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 180

14. Allergen exposure and control

    • Euan R. Tovey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 202