Allergenicity of airborne cyanobacteria Phormidium fragile and Nostoc muscorum

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-162

  Sharma, Naveen Kumar ^a   Rai, Ashwani K ^b  

^a Post Graduate College   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Crude allergenic extract; Cyanobacteria; Synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALGA; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FUNGUS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; SAFETY;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE ALGA; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC MUSCORUM; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSITIZATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWELLING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; SKIN TESTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; LEPTOLYNGBYA FRAGILIS; NOSTOC MUSCORUM;

EID: 36348976358     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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