Skin reactions induced by experimental exposure to setae from larvae of the northern pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pinivora)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 290-295

  Fagrell, Bengt ^a   Jörneskog, Gun ^b   Salomonsson, Ann Christin ^b   Larsson, Stig ^c   Holm, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Noxious setae; Processionary caterpillar; Skin inflammation; Skin microcirculation; Thaumetopoea pinivora

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CATERPILLAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOREARM; HAIR; HUMAN; INSECT; LARVA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SWEDEN; THAUMETOPOEA PINIVORA;

AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LARVA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOTHS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 55149117786     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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