Dermatophagoides sp. and IgE anti-D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae detection in a Venezuelan community at more than 2000 m above the sea level

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1100-1103

  Rangel, A ^a   Salmen, S ^a,c   Munoz J ^a   Garcia F ^b   Hernandez M ^a  

^a Universidad De Los Andes Facultad de Medicina   (Venezuela)

^b Pueblo Llano Hospital   (Venezuela)

^c Instituto de Inmunologia Clinica   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dermatophagoides and altitude; Dermatophagoides farinae; Dermatophagoides pteronnyssinus; Dermatophagoides sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; VENEZUELA;

ALLERGENS; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITES; PREVALENCE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0031709380     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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