Tick bites and red meat allergy

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-359

  Commins, Scott P ^a,b   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha gal; Anaphylaxis; Food allergy; IgE; Mammalian meat; Tick bites

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; EPITOPE; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARACHNID; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BEEF; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EATING; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JAPAN; KOREA; PHYSICIAN; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED MEAT; REVIEW; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; DISACCHARIDASES; EPITOPES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MEAT; TICK BITES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880132416     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3283624560     Document Type: Review

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