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German cockroach

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German cockroach,
Blattella germanica, a small light brown species found as a household pest in North America and Europe.


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This study surveyed homes for the Bla g 1 allergen from the German cockroach Blattella germanica, a small organism responsible for the primary U.
One common household species, the German cockroach, even has a slick oil coating that enables it to slip through micro-thin cracks in walls.
Sifted dust was prepared by extracting 100 mg of the fine dust in 2 mL phosphate-buffered saline with Tween 20 and was quantitatively analyzed for the presence of major cat [Felis domesticus (Fel d 1)], dog [Canis familiaris (Can f 1)], and German cockroach [Blatella germanica (Bla g 1)] allergens using two-site monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) (Ingram et al.
 
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