Seasonal increase in human ige and lgg4 antisaliva antibodies to aedes mosquito bites

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-372

  Palosuo, K ^a,b   Brummer Korvenkontio, H ^b   Mikkola, J ^b   Sahi, T ^c   Reunala, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Health Care Division   (Finland)

Author keywords

IgE antibodies; IgG antibodies; Immunoblotting; Mosquito allergy; Saliva

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; AEDES; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT BITE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SEASONS;

EID: 0030777618     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237696     Document Type: Article

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