| sensitization to cockroach allergens of asthma patients in japan. | to evaluate the role of allergens from periplaneta fuliginosa, which is the most predominant cockroach species in homes in tokyo areas, for asthma sensitization, we measured specific ige antibodies to two cockroaches, p. fuliginosa and blattella germanica, and to a mite, dermatophagoides farinae, in 171 sera from children with asthma by pharmacia's cap system. we found that 16% of the sera had anti-p. fuliginosa ige, whereas 9.9% had anti-b. germanica and 85% anti-d. farinae ige. further, we mea ... | 1994 | 7887806 |