Molecular diagnostics and lack of clinical allergy in helminth-endemic areas in Indonesia

Publication date: Available online 24 May 2017
Source:Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Author(s): Firdaus Hamid, Serge A. Versteeg, Aprilianto E. Wiria, Linda J. Wammes, Sitti Wahyuni, Taniawati Supali, Erliyani Sartono, Ronald van Ree, Maria Yazdanbakhsh
Allergen microarray characterization of sensitization to common allergen sources in a helminth-endemic area of Indonesia shows that helminth induced cross-reactivity to cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants (CCD), and not primary sensitization to their major allergens, is the dominant feature.



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