1989 Volume 82 Issue 4 Pages 563-566
Allergic rhinitis due to Chironomidae has been a problem in Northern Sudan since 1927, but there have been no reports of it in Japan. We performed a series of allergen tests with antigens extracted from various Chironomidae on patients with allergic rhinitis.
The scratch test was conducted on 85 patients diagnosed as having allergic rhinitis, and 16% of them had positive reactions. Provocative tests were given to 6 patients, and three of them had positive reactions implicating Chironomidae as the cause of their allergic rhinitis.
