Allergy to pigeon tick (Argas reflexus) in Upper Silesia, Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-112

  Śpiewak, Radosław ^a   Lundberg, Maria ^b   Johansson, S Gunnar O ^c   Buczek, Alicja ^d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b MIAB   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergic reactions; Allergy; Argas reflexus; Avian parasites; Pigeon tick; Soft tick; Tick bites

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARGAS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NESTING; PIGEON; POLAND; PRICK TEST; TICK BORNE DISEASE; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ARGAS; BITES AND STINGS; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

ACARI; ARGAS REFLEXUS; AVES; COLUMBA; IXODIDA;

EID: 33746457389     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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