Proof of concept pilot study: Prevalence of grass virus infection and the potential for effects on the allergenic potency of pollen

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Pallett, Denise W ^a   Soh, Emily ^b   Edwards, Mary Lou ^a   Bodey, Kathleen ^b   Lau, Laurie Ck ^b   Cooper, J Ian ^a   Howarth, Peter H ^b   Walls, Andrew F ^b   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINOCONJUNCTIVITS; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCKSFOOT STREAK POTYVIRUS; COCKSFOOT STREAK POTYVIRUS INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACTYLIS; GRASS; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILOT STUDY; POLLEN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POTYVIRUS; PREVALENCE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SKIN TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

COCKSFOOT STREAK VIRUS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; POACEAE; POTYVIRUS;

DACTYLIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT DISEASES; POLLEN; POTYVIRUS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 73549110650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-S1-S10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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