Effects of bed bug saliva on human skin

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 372-373

  Goddard, Jerome ^a   Edwards, Kristine T ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEDBUG BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MICRODISSECTION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SALIVA; SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SALIVA; SKIN;

EID: 84875402073     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.878     Document Type: Letter

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