IgE against bed bug (Cimex lectularius) allergens is common among adults bitten by bed bugs

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Price, Jason B ^a   Divjan, Adnan ^b   Montfort, William R ^c   Stansfield, Kirstie H ^b   Freyer, Greg A ^b   Perzanowski, Matthew S ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INSECT PROTEIN; PESTICIDE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BEDBUG BITE; CIMEX; COCKROACH; COUGHING; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCULAR PRURITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RHINORRHEA; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 84857798518     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.01.034     Document Type: Article

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