Mosquito saliva-specific IgE and IgG antibodies in 1059 blood donors [5]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 816-817

  Peng, Zhikang ^a,b   Rasic, Nivez ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Simons, F Estelle R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INSECT ALLERGY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSQUITO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0036859012     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.128736     Document Type: Letter

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