IgE antibodies to alpha-gal in the general adult population: Relationship with tick bites, atopy, and cat ownership

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1061-1068

  Gonzalez Quintela, A ^a   Dam Laursen, A S ^b   Vidal, C ^a   Skaaby, T ^b   Gude, F ^a   Linneberg, A ^b  

^a Pediatric Nutrition Research Group Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alpha gal; Anaphylaxis; IgE; Pet ownership; Tick bites

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GALACTOSE ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSE BETA 1,4 N ACETYL GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; THYROGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA-GALACTOSYL EPITOPE; TRISACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY RAPID TEST; ALTERNARIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIRCH; CAT; CAT OWNERSHIP; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANDER; DENMARK; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOG; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PRICK TEST; SKIN TEST; SPAIN; TICK BITE; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; TICK BITES; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 84904705106     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12326     Document Type: Article

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