Immunoblot analysis of salivary allergens in 10 mosquito species with worldwide distribution and the human IgE responses to these allergens

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 498-505

  Peng, Zhikang ^a,b,c   Li, Hongbing ^a   Simons, F Estelle R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ae. aegypti; Ae. albopictus; Ae. togoi; Ae. triseriatus; Ae. vexans; An. sinensis; Antigen; Cs. inornata; Cx. pipiens; Cx. quinquefasciatus; Cx. tarsalis; Immunoblot; Mosquito allergy; Salivary allergen; Western blot

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PYROXYLIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031959080     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70357-4     Document Type: Article

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