Allergenic cross-reactivity between Blomia tropicalis and Blomia kulagini (Acari: Echymiopodidae) extracts from optimized mite cultures

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-265

  Cardona, G ^a   Guisantes, J ^a   Postigo, I ^a   Eraso, E ^a   Serna, L A ^c   Martinez J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Sweden Diagnostics (Spain) SL   (Spain)

^c Allergy Unit   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Blomia kulagini; Blomia tropicalis; Cross reactivity; Mite allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; BLOMIA; BLOMIA KULAGINI; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ACARI; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33244475805     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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