ASTIGMATID MITES INFESTING CHINESE MEDICINAL HERBS

About authors:

Cui Yu-Bao, Department of Parasitology, Hainan Medical College, Haikou, 571101, Hainan Province, China;
Li Chao-Pin, Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science & Technology,
Huainan, 232001, Anhui Province, China
Wang Jian, Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science & Technology,
Huainan, 232001, Anhui Province, China
Yang Qing-Gui, Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science & Technology,
Huainan, 232001, Anhui Province, China
Tian Ye, Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science & Technology,
Huainan, 232001, Anhui Province, China
Tao Li, Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science & Technology,
Huainan, 232001, Anhui Province, China

Annotation:

One thousand forty hundred and ninety samples of Chinese medicinal herbs belonging to Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae) were collected from a traditional medical storehouse in Huainan City, Anhui Province. Mites of thirty-five species, twenty genera, and seven families were found in nearly 57% of the samples. These results assert that Chinese medicinal herbs may be substantially contaminated, and much attention should be drawn to protection of the materials and prevention of acariasis.

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