Ant sting mortality in Australia

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1095-1100

  McGain, Forbes ^a   Winkel, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Ant venom; Australia; Hymenoptera allergy; Immunotherapy; Myrmecia pilosula; Myrmecia pyriformis; Tryptase; Venom allergy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANT VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LARYNX EDEMA; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TRYPTASES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMECIA PILOSULA; MYRMECIA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0035993528     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00097-1     Document Type: Article

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