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Basophil Activation Test for Investigation of IgE-Mediated Mechanisms in Drug Hypersensitivity
Published on: September 16, 2011
Evaluation of basophil infiltration into the skin lesions of tick bites
Kyoko Nakahigashi1, Atsushi Otsuka, Kaori Tomari
1Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Case Reports in Dermatology
|March 26, 2013
Abstract:
Recently, it has been described that basophils play an essential role in antibody-mediated acquired immunity against ticks in mice. However, it is still unknown whether basophil infiltration has any significance in the infestation with ticks in humans. In this report, we have evaluated the infiltration of basophils into human skin lesions of tick bites.

