Allergenic importance of 22 species of Japanese chironomid midges

Twenty-two Japanese chironomid species were examined for their allergenicities using ELISA with the sera of 32 asthmatic patients. The species Paratrichocladius rufiventris and Cricotopus sylvestris showed high positive rates of specific IgE, high average IgE reactivities and high frequencies of str...

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Main Authors: Koichiro Kawai, Gyokei Murakami, Shiro Kasuya, Hidetoyo Teranishi, Atsushi Muraguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1997-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015315793