Reactions to less common species of fire ants

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 679-683

  Hoffman, Donald R ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen amino acid sequence; Anaphylaxis; Cross reaction; Fire ant; Sol r 2; Sol r 3; Venom

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANT VENOM; INSECT VENOM;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030661569     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70173-8     Document Type: Article

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