Allergy to Triatoma Protracta (Heteroptera: Reduviidae): I. Etiology, antigen preparation, diagnosis and immunotherapy
- 28 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 19 (3) , 248-252
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/19.3.248
Abstract
Serious cases of systemic anaphylaxis are caused by hypersensitivity to salivary components of hematophagous insects of the genus Triatoma. A woman with a history of anaphylaxis associated with Triatoma protracta bites began an immunotherapy program using a salivary gland extract developed for that purpose. The success of that program was demonstrated by T. protracta bite challenge and radioimmunoassay.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: