Argas reflexus [Fabricius 1794] przyczyna akarozy u ludzi

The studies were carried out between 1997-1999 within the administrative district of Toruń. Forty sports pigeon breeders together with their pigeons were under study annually. The collected materiał allowed noticing the following issues: in 1997 and 1998 the Argas reflexus (Fabricius, 1794) was present in dovecotes (individuals) and the breeds' owners were pricked. In 1998 numerous specimens of the A. rejlexus were obtained from the materiał from the sanitary-epidemiological station. The specimens were collected from the bodies of the people, family members and from their flat located on the highest third floor of the old house. In the miteinfected dovecotes and in the old houserooms, the following steps were suggested: mechanical cleansing, whitewashing, disinfecting, and triple disinsecting, with fourteen-day-long intervals. The people with the symptoms of acariosis were subjected to treatment with calcium, antiallergic, and anti-fever mixtures, and, in some cases, cortisone ointments were applied. In spite of a considerable growth in the symptoms, the used methods turned out to be successful in all the studied cases.