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Cockroach allergens: function, structure and allergenicity
A Pomés1, S Wünschmann, J Hindley
1INDOOR Biotechnologies, Inc., 1216 Harris Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA. apomes@inbio.com
Abstract:
Cockroach allergy is a widespread health problem in the world, associated with the development of asthma. The German and American cockroach species are important producers of a wide variety of allergens. Knowledge of their structure and function contributes to understand their role in allergy and to design tools for diagnosis and immunotherapy.
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