title: [Prevalence of mite hypersensitivity in children with asthma].
abstract: By skin prick test, three kinds of mite allergens (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae, Blomia tropicalis) were tested in a group of asthma children in Jinhua area from Oct 2005 to Sep 2006. The positive rate to allergen from D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae was 80.6% and 77.8% respectively, higher than that of Blomia tropicalis (61.1%) (chi2 = 21.39, P < 0.05). Cases positive to Blomia tropicalis allergen showed 100% and 95.9% positive reaction to D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae respectively. The results demonstrated that the important allergens for children's asthma are from D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae, while the with the former two mite allergens. Blomia tropicalis allergen is supposed to have cross-reactivity
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Department, Jinhua General Hospital, Jinhua 321000, China. jhzsyhj@163.com
authors.forename: Shi-yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Xiao-bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ju-ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yun-guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D039981:Pyroglyphidae / Q000276:immunology*; D023422:Skin Irritancy Tests
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens