A method for skin testing and determining the undertaking of immunotherapy includes the steps of administrating the isolated and purified mosquito salivary antigens to a patient and then recognizing skin reaction thereto is a positive indication of needing therapy. A kit and an immunoassay are also ...
The Association Between Severe Skin Reactions to Mosquito Bites and EBV Infection in ChildrenNirit Segal
The patient had a many-year history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia; denied a history of working and living in hilly, forested and mountainous areas and travelling; denied a recent history of mosquito bites; and reported a history of close contact with a pet dog in the ...
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Rift Valley fever virus is one of the most pathogenic viruses known—it replicates rapidly in target tissue and to a high titer. After entry by mosquito bite or through theoropharynx, there is an incubation period of 30 to 72hours, during which time the virus invades t...
There’s no vaccine or treatment for the Zika virus, which is usually transmitted through mosquito bites. But for most people, it’s relatively harmless. Those who are infected rarely die from the illness, and only about one in five people actually experience symptoms, which can include conjunc...
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infectious disease caused by tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). TBEV infection is responsible for a variety of clinical manifestations ranging from mild fever to severe neurological illness. Genetic factors inv
Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection of natural killer cells presenting as severe skin reaction to mosquito bites. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005; 116:470-2.Pacheco SE, Gottschalk SM, Gresik MV, Dishop MK, Okmaura T, Mc-Cormick TG. Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection of natural...
These patients had various symptoms, including fever, chronic hepatitis, hepatosplenomegaly, and hypersensitivity to mosquito bites. All patients had increased numbers of NK cells in their peripheral blood, and most of these were infected with EBV. Viral load was measured by in situ hybridization ...