Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection of natural killer cells presenting as severe skin reaction to mosquito bites

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 470-472

  Pacheco, Susan E ^a   Gottschalk, Stephen M ^a   Gresik, Mary V ^a   Dishop, Megan K ^a   Okmaura, Takayuki ^a   McCormick, Theron G ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DNA DETERMINATION; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INSECT BITE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MOSQUITO; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULICIDAE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 23244447747     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.04.044     Document Type: Article

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