Advances in mosquito allergy

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 350-354

  Peng, Zhikang ^a   Simons, F Estelle R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin E; Mosquito allergy; Recombinant antigen; Salivary allergen

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLERGEN; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; APYRASE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; CETIRIZINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTERASE; LEVOCETIRIZINE; LYSOZYME; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PREDNISONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTHUS PHENOMENON; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESENSITIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT BITE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MOSQUITO; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 34447337224     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328259c313     Document Type: Review

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