[Methods of detection of tick allergens in house dust]

Different detection methods of housing dust allergens (belonging to the tick species Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, D. farinae) were considered. As shown in this study, the immunochemical method in combination with acarological analysis proved to be most promising. On the basis of the data on the cross activity of tick allergens and changes in their content in dust, grounds were given for the expediency of detection by the immunochemical method with the use of polyclonal antibodies to specially obtained immunogen.