CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 192-194.

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Facial infection with Demodex spp. among Indian foreign students and native students in Jiamusi University

Yue DAI1, Ju-xiang SU1, Yan-jie LI2, Sheng BI3, Hui-ming ZHANG1, Lian-shun CAI1, Li-ping CHEN4, Guang CHEN1,*()   

  1. 1 Department of Parasitology, Basic Medical Science, 2 Experimental Animal Centre, 3 The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiamusi University, Jiamusi 154007, China
    2 Experimental Animal Centre
    3 The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiamusi University, Jiamusi 154007, China
    4 Central Hospital of Jiamusi City, Jiamusi 154007, China
  • Received:2016-09-17 Online:2017-04-20 Published:2017-05-02
  • Contact: Guang CHEN E-mail:misschenguang75@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the“Twelfth Five?Year Plan”for Education Science of Heilongjiang Province(No. GJC1215067), Overseas Scholars Project from Department of Education，Heilongjiang Province（No. 1254HQ017）

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Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of facial infection with Demodex spp. among 291 Indian students and 314 native students of class 2013 in Jiamusi University, China. Samples were collected with the method of skin squeeze/scraping smear and subjected to microscopic examination within a drop of glycerol. Statistics were performed with SPSS 19.0 software. The results showed that in foreign students the positive rate of infection in males was 16.4% (34/207), and that in females was 9.5% (8/84), while in native students they were 49.0% (71/145) and 18.9% (32/169), respectively (χ2 = 43.14, P < 0.05 for males). There was a dominance of Demodex folliculorum infection followed by Demodex brevis infection and mixed infection in all the foreign students and the male natives, and a dominance of mixed infection in the female natives. In addition, in native students the infection rate in those with facial symptoms(68.2%) was significantly higher than those showing healthy facial skin (19.0%) （χ2 = 69.43, P < 0.05）.

Key words: Indian student, Native student, Demodex, Infection, Face

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