Monitoring of basophil sensitization to antigens of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis): A new tool for the diagnosis of feline flea bite hypersensitivity?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-820

  Stuke, K ^a   Von Samson Himmelstjerna, G ^a   Dreesman, J ^b   Mencke, N ^c   Schnieder, T ^a   Leibold, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt ^*  (Germany)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BASOPHIL SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; DERMATITIS; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLEA; GRANULOCYTE; INFESTATION; INSECT ALLERGY; KINETICS; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; UPREGULATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BASOPHILS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FLEAS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE;

CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; FELIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 48349100572     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1046-9     Document Type: Article

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