Immune responses to mosquito saliva in 14 individuals with acute systemic allergic reactions to mosquito bites

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1189-1194

  Peng, Zhikang ^a   Beckett, Andrew N ^a   Engler, Renata J ^b   Hoffman, Donald R ^c   Ott, Nancy L ^d   Simons, F Estelle R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Southdale Pediatric Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute systemic allergic reaction; Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Aedes vexans; anaphylaxis; angioedema; Anopheles sinensis; Culex quinquefasciatus; mosquito allergy; mosquito saliva specific IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANOPHELES; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; JAPAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MOSQUITO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SERUM; SWITZERLAND; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; SALIVA;

EID: 7944238876     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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