Exotic pet allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 513-515

  Phillips, Joshua F ^a   Lockey, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

allergen; environment; Exotic pets; indoor pets; rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CHAMELEON; COCKROACH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; EXOTIC SPECIES; FERRET; GERBIL; HAMSTER; HUMAN; LIZARD; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RABBIT; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RHINORRHEA; SKIN TEST; SNEEZING; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RABBITS;

EID: 59449098445     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.09.019     Document Type: Editorial

References (16)

1. US Fish and Wildlife Service. Report of animals imported to the United States. 2005-2008 (2008), US Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington (VA). http://www.fws.gov Accessed October 21, 2008
2. Morgan M., Arlian L., Bernstein J., and Yoder J. Allergenicity of the Madagascar hissing cockroach. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 98 (2007) 258-261
3. Sesztak-Greinecker G., Hemmer W., Gotz M., and Jarisch R. Allergic contact urticaria caused by a chameleon: expression of sensitization to Ficus benjamina. Hautarzt 56 (2005) 1156-1159
4. San Miguel-Moncín M.S., Pineda F., Río C., Alonso R., Tella R., and Cisteró-Bahima A. Exotic pets are new allergenic sources: allergy to iguana. J Invest Allergol Clin Immunol 16 (2006) 212-213
5. Kelso J., Fox R., Jones R., and Yunginger J. Allergy to iguana. J Allergy Clin Immunol 106 (2000) 369-372
6. Levine E., Manilov A., McAllister S., and Heymann W. Iguana bite-induced hypersensitivity reaction. Arch Dermatol 139 (2003) 1658-1659
7. Phipatanakul W. Rodent allergens. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2 (2002) 412-416
8. Spitzauer S. Allergy to mammalian proteins: at the borderline between foreign and self?. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 120 (1999) 259-269
9. McGivern D., Longbottom J., and Davies D. Allergy to gerbils. Clin Allergy 15 (1985) 163-165
10. Niitsuma T., Tsuji A., Nukaga M., Izawa A., Okita M., Maruoka N., et al. Two cases of anaphylaxis after dwarf hamster bites. Allergy 58 (2003) 1081
11. Lim D., Chan R., Wen H., Bever H.V., and Chua K. Anaphylaxis after hamster bites- identification of a novel allergen. Clin Exp Allergy 34 (2004) 1122-1123
12. Berto J., Pelaez A., Fernandez E., Lombardero M., and Ferrer M. Siberian hamster: a new indoor source of allergic sensitization and respiratory disease. Allergy 57 (2002) 155-159
13. Liccardi G., and Passalacqua G. Sensitization to rabbit allergens in Italy: a multicentre study in atopic subjects without occupational exposure. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 141 (2006) 195-199
14. Nugent J.S., Whisman B., and Hagan L.L. Ferret allergy: identification of serum specific IgE to albumin with crossreactivity to cat. J Allergy Clin Immunol 111 (2003) S324
15. Codina R., Reichmuth D., Lockey R., and Jaen C. Ferret allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 107 (2001) 927
16. Passer C., Hutcheson P., and Slavin R. Nonoccupationally induced allergy to monkey. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 93 (2004) 402-404