Culicoides obsoletus extract relevant for diagnostics of insect bite hypersensitivity in horses

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 245-254

  van der Meide, Nathalie M A ^a   Meulenbroeks, Chantal ^b   van Altena, Christine ^a   Schurink, Anouk ^a   Ducro, Bart J ^a   Wagner, Bettina ^c   Leibold, Wolfgang ^d   Rohwer, Jens ^d   Jacobs, Frans ^a   Sloet van Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, Marianne M ^b   Savelkoul, Huub F J ^a   Tijhaar, Edwin ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASR; AUC; C. nubeculosus; C. obsoletus; C. sonorensis; Culicoides nubeculosus; Culicoides obsoletus; Culicoides sonorensis; ELISA; Horse (equine) IgE; HRT; IBH; Insect bite hypersensitivity; WBE

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS EXTRACT; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS EXTRACT; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS EXTRACT; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HORSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT BITE; INSECT BITE HYPERSENSITIVITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84866397324     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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