Cloning, production and characterization of antigen 5 like proteins from Simulium vittatum and Culicoides nubeculosus, the first cross-reactive allergen associated with equine insect bite hypersensitivity

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 76-83

  Schaffartzik, A ^a,b   Marti, E ^b   Crameri, R ^a   Rhyner, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Cul n 1; Culicuides nubeculosus; Horse; Insect bite hypersensitivity; Sim v 1; Simulium vittatum

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS ANTIGEN 5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SIMULIUM VITTATUM ANTIGEN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLY; HORSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; INSECT BITE HYPERSENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIUM VITTATUM; SKIN TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM;

EID: 77955552558     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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