Immunological and toxinological responses to jellyfish stings

Inflammation and Allergy - Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 438-446

  Tibballs, James ^a   Yanagihara, Angel A ^b   Turner, Helen C ^c   Winkel, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Envenomation; Immunology; Jellyfish; Sting; Toxin

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; JELLYFISH VENOM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALATINA MOSERI; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CARUKIA BARNESI; CARYBDEA ARBORIFERA; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; IRUKANDJI SYNDROME; JELLYFISH; LINUCHE UNGUICULTA; NONHUMAN; PELAGIA NOCTILUCA; PHYSALIA; SEABATHER ERUPTION;

EID: 80052832348     PISSN: 18715281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152811797200650     Document Type: Article

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