Insect bite hypersensitivity in the horse: Comparison of IgE-binding proteins in salivary gland extracts from Simulium vittatum and Culicoides nubeculosus

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Hellberg, W ^a   Mellor, P S ^b   Torsteinsdottir S ^c   Marti, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Culicoides nubeculosus; Horse; Insect bite hypersensitivity; Simulium vittatum

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; INSECT BITE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVARY GLAND; SIMULIUM VITTATUM; SKIN ALLERGY;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIMULIIDAE;

CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; SIMULIUM VITTATUM;

EID: 70350610644     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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