Allergenic differences between the domestic mites Blomia tropicalis and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 982-988

  Chew, F T ^a   Yi, F C ^a   Chua, K Y ^a   Fernandez Caldas, E ^b   Arruda, L K ^c   Chapman, M D ^d   Lee, B W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blomia tropicalis; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Mite allergy; Tropics

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CROSS REACTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINITIS; TROPICS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MITES; RABBITS; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0032983163     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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