08-28-2021-1339 - INSECTS AS INHALANT ALLERGENS 1958

 

INSECTS AS INHALANT ALLERGENS

CONSIDERATION OF AEROBI~LOQY, BIOCHEMISTRY, PREPARATION OF MATERIAL, AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS

FRANK PERLMAN, M.D., PORTLAND, ORE.

“How many insects are there 1 And how many kinds of insects3 Maybe we shall never know. But wherever we go and whether we see them or not, we are surrounded by countless millions of insects. Every forest, every field, every back yard, every roadway is a gigantic insect zoo. A wide world of endless variety and interest is open to all who will do a little investigating on their own.”

--Curtis w. &Lbrosky.’

INTRODKCTIOS

SINCE common usage has caused the word i~~ct to include most, of the arthropods, this terminology will be used throughout the present discussion. This will also conform with the broad title of t,he Insect Allergen Subcommittee of the Research Council of The American Academy of Allergy, which has encouraged many of these studies. When the class of true insects is singled out, the term Hesapoda will often be used.

The role of insects in allergy h

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Class-Arachnida Araneae

‘Acarinaz

Class-Crustacea Sombugs

“Daphnia Shrimp Shrimp Crab

TABLE

(spiders) (mites,

(water (plankton)

(edible)

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ticks)

flea)

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INCLUDED IN OUR STUDIES

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Class-Hexapoda (Co& ‘d)

order :
*Beetlesll. 12

Coleoptwa

‘Bean

weevil13

Order:
Order:
order: Lcpidopteru

*Moths, butterfliesls-21

orarl- : Diptera ‘“Housefliese’z

Xeuroptera Lacewing flies

Class-llexapoda Order:

(Insecta) Orthoptera

Order:

Order:

Or&r:

Order:

Order

Deer Black

flies flies

*LOCUsts4, 5 Grasshoppers

Cockroaches *Cricket@

Isoptera Termites

Dermaptera Earwigs

“Mushroom *Sewer “Midgeszs

flies& flies25

24

Trichoptera “Caddis fliesl4-l7

Siphonaptera Rat fleas

Hymenopt~~w “Honeybee@;

Bumblebees
Hornets
Wasps
Parasitic wasps Yellow jarkets Ants

Second Postulate.-The appearance of insects in large numbers is evident even to the casual observer. This may be a seasonal variant not only peculiar to the climate but also predictable for certain specific insects. The caddis flies

Order: Order:

asthma.

Asterisk (*) denotes those arthropods reported

*&lay

flies?,

s

Ephemeroptera

Hemiptera “Bedbug@

: Homoptera *Aphidslo

I
by others as causes of allergic rhinitis and

jan 29 1958

INSECTS, ARTHROPODS, COCKROACH, CRUSTACEAN, ETC..

DECAY MATTER, FUNGUS, COMPONENT PROTEIN, PARTICLE, LIGHT ENERGY ETC..