"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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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cockroaches" by people in Profiles.
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Medsker BH, Forno E, Han YY, Acosta-P?rez E, Col?n-Semidey A, Alvarez M, Alcorn JF, Canino GJ, Celed?n JC. Cockroach allergen exposure and plasma cytokines among children in a tropical environment. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 07; 119(1):65-70.e3.
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Camacho-Rivera M, Kawachi I, Bennett GG, Subramanian SV. Associations of neighborhood concentrated poverty, neighborhood racial/ethnic composition, and indoor allergen exposures: a cross-sectional analysis of los angeles households, 2006-2008. J Urban Health. 2014 Aug; 91(4):661-76.
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Booth D, Marie B, Domenici P, Blagburn JM, Bacon JP. Transcriptional control of behavior: engrailed knock-out changes cockroach escape trajectories. J Neurosci. 2009 Jun 03; 29(22):7181-90.
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Domenici P, Booth D, Blagburn JM, Bacon JP. Cockroaches keep predators guessing by using preferred escape trajectories. Curr Biol. 2008 Nov 25; 18(22):1792-6.
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Bradman A, Chevrier J, Tager I, Lipsett M, Sedgwick J, Macher J, Vargas AB, Cabrera EB, Camacho JM, Weldon R, Kogut K, Jewell NP, Eskenazi B. Association of housing disrepair indicators with cockroach and rodent infestations in a cohort of pregnant Latina women and their children. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Dec; 113(12):1795-801.
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Klingman A, Chappell RL. Feedback synaptic interaction in the dragonfly ocellar retina. J Gen Physiol. 1978 Feb; 71(2):157-75.