Asthma from insect emanations

Molecular and Immunological Characterization of Arginine Kinase from the Indianmeal Moth,Plodia interpunctella, a Novel Cross-Reactive Invertebrate Pan-Allergen

“…Over the years, there have been scattered case reports on bronchial asthma caused by the clothes moth Tineola bisselliella (8) and wax moth Galleria mellonella (9). Baldo and Panzani (10) and more recently Komase et al (11) characterized various insect extracts by IgE immunoblotting and demonstrated several IgE-Ags in the clothes moth or silkworm moth.…”

Bronchial asthma of occupational origin: a review

“…A variety of insects such as mushroom fly, aphid, bedbug, locust, bee, housefly, moth, daphnia, Mexican bean weevil, and sewage filter flies have been implicated as causing rhinitis and bronchial asthma (4,30,31,33,43,47,79,84,127). Sensitizing materiaLs include scales and hair which have been rubbed off in flight from the wings or body and have become airborne.…”

“…Other sources of occupational exposures include weevils in grain dust, moths in fish bait, mites in house dust, and trypsin dust (33,34,67,120,127,134). Asthma from primitive organisms which live in the sea and attach themselves to the surfaces of oyster shells has been reported in seasonal workers who crush oyster shells in order to obtain the meat (88,129).…”

Notes on Experimental Anaphylaxis Induced by Simple Chemical Compounds (Iii)

“…Applying the principles of methods briefly explained by Urbach (9), and recently by T. Aoki (10) in its application, experimental determinations of skin-sensitizing antibodies by the dilution method and neutralization methods were performed. Anti-horse serum, anti-egg albumin, anti-iodine (Lugol's solution), and anti-potassium bichromate sera of the guinea pig and anti-bichromate serum of the rabbit were used.…”