| [the prevalence of demodex folliculorum and demodex brevis in a population sample from botucatu, são paulo, brazil]. | a survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of d. folliculorum and d. brevis for the first time in brazil. in this study, association between the presence of mites and host factors (age, sex and race) were analysed. samples were obtained from 100 individuals submitted to a facial cleaning in an aesthetic clinic in botucatu city. all the samples were mounted in berlese's medium and examined by dark-field phase microscopy. from 100 studied individuals, 72 were positive, among the positive c ... | 1993 | 8159822 |