Subcutaneous allergen immunotherapy for asthma: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with a standardized vaccine.

Background: Sensitization to () is very frequent in the tropics, and particularly in Cuba, being a significant cause of allergic asthma. Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) with can be a therapeutic option, however, placebo-controlled clinical trials have not been reported.

Objective: To assess the therapeutic effect and safety of AIT for asthma using a standardized allergen vaccine of by subcutaneous route, in allergic asthmatic patients exposed and sensitized to this mite species.

Is peanut causing food allergy in Cuba? Preliminary assessment of allergic sensitization and IgE specificity profile to peanut allergens in Cuban allergic patients.

Background: Peanut allergy is increasing at an alarming pace in developed countries. Peanut () is a common food in Cuba. Nevertheless, reported values of sensitization and symptom severity are usually low.

[Sensitivity and specificity of prick skin test with two concentrations of standardized extract of Culex quinquefasciatus in allergic children].

Background: Diagnostic options for immune reactions to mosquito bites are limited. In Cuba, IgE-mediated reactions are frequently related to Culex quinquefasciatus bite.

Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of skin prick test with two doses of standardized extract in nitrogen protein units (PNU of Culex quinquefasciatus (BIOCEN, Cuba).

[Dust mites as occupational allergens in two bakeries of La Habana, Cuba].

Background: Occupational allergies are becoming more frequent. The allergens present in the working environment of bakeries, such as mites, are not well identified despite being known risk factors of respiratory diseases.

Objectives: To isolate and identify the species of mites present in two bakeries in La Habana, Cuba, with high sensitization of mites on their workers.

[Sensitization to three house dust mites in a children allergic population of cuba].

Background: Allergic diseases constitute a worldwide health problem and mites are among the main etiological agents.

Objective: To characterize the sensitization to the mites Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides siboney, and Blomia tropicalis, by skin tests in a children allergic sample from Cuba.

Methods: This is a descriptive transversal investigation that included 103 allergic children, with ages ranging from 3 to 15 years, who underwent skin prick tests with D.

[Sensitization to three species of mites in allergic patients from the coastal area of Havana city].

Background: Sensitization to three allergic mite species (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides siboney and Blomia tropicalis) from house dust in Cuba has been reported in different studies.

Objective: To assess allergic sensitization to these mites in a north coast area of Havana city.

Patients And Methods: A total of 210 allergic patients were selected, classified in two groups: from 1 to 14 years, and from 15 to 55 years.