ABSTRACT
The objective of this work is to investigate the present situation of the prevalent house dust mites, in general, and allergenic mites, in special, under indoor Kuwait environmental conditions, their identification, distribution, location preference, site selection and seasonal variation in houses of asthmatic patients. It also aims to investigate the relationship between the identified allergenic mites and the currently recorded allergy which has become since the mid 1950s a major cause of morbidity in Kuwait. By this, it is hoped to imply a guideline for future preventive, serological and hyposensitization measures, based on local mite fauna in Kuwait. In other words, this work would help in preparing the appropriate mite antigen as testing solution, investigating the proper testing technique and lastly providing the proper vaccines derived from the local mite fauna of Kuwait by which the patients are actually sensitized