"Cockroaches" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Insects of the order Dictyoptera comprising several families including Blaberidae, BLATTELLIDAE, Blattidae (containing the American cockroach PERIPLANETA americana), Cryptocercidae, and Polyphagidae.
| Descriptor ID |
D003058
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.140
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| Concept/Terms |
Cockroaches- Cockroaches
- Cockroache
- Dictyoptera
- Dictyopteras
- Cockroach
- Cockroachs
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cockroaches" by people in Profiles.
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No Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Flies or Cockroaches in Households Where COVID-19 Positive Cases Resided. J Med Entomol. 2022 07 13; 59(4):1479-1483.
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Sensitization to mouse and cockroach allergens and asthma morbidity in urban minority youth: Genes-environments and Admixture in Latino American (GALA-II) and Study of African-Americans, Asthma, Genes, and Environments (SAGE-II). Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2016 07; 117(1):43-49.e1.
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The novel structure of the cockroach allergen Bla g 1 has implications for allergenicity and exposure assessment. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Dec; 132(6):1420-6.
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Shellfish allergy in children. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2009 Aug; 20(5):408-14; quiz 414.
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Social interactions and the circadian rhythm in locomotor activity in the cockroach Leucophaea maderae. Chronobiol Int. 2009 Apr; 26(3):415-29.
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Molecular basis of arthropod cross-reactivity: IgE-binding cross-reactive epitopes of shrimp, house dust mite and cockroach tropomyosins. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2002 Sep; 129(1):38-48.
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Active conformation of an insect neuropeptide family. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 May 15; 88(10):4518-22.