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Dissection and Immunostaining of Larval Salivary Glands from Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes
Published on: September 30, 2021
Mosquito allergy and mosquito salivary allergens
Zhikang Peng1, F Estelle, R Simons
1Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. zpeng@ms.umanitoba.ca
Protein and Peptide Letters
|January 29, 2008
Abstract:
Allergic reactions to mosquito bites are caused by allergens in mosquito saliva. In this review, allergic reactions to mosquito salivary allergens, and characteristics of salivary allergens and their recombinant forms are described. The use of the recombinant allergens in the diagnosis of mosquito allergy is discussed.
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