Prevalence of allergic sensitization to imported fire ants in children living in an endemic region of the southeastern United States

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-58

  Partridge, Megan E ^a   Blackwood, Wesley ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^b   Ford, Jan ^a   Young, Penny ^a   Ownby, Dennis R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT STING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849019916     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60405-X     Document Type: Article

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