Allergenicity and cross-reactivity of booklice (liposcelis bostrichophila): A common household insect pest in Japan

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-348

  Fukutomi, Yuma ^a,b   Kawakami, Yuji ^c   Taniguchi, Masami ^a   Saito, Akemi ^a   Fukuda, Azumi ^c   Yasueda, Hiroshi ^a   Nakazawa, Takuya ^a   Hasegawa, Maki ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Akiyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FCG Research Institute Incorporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Booklice; Cross reactivity; Environmental allergen; Insect allergen; Respiratory allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BOOKLOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LOUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SMOKING;

EID: 82055178489     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329853     Document Type: Article

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