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Inhalant allergy following occupational exposure to blowflies
Author(s) -
KAUFMAN G. L.,
BALDO B. A.,
TOVEY E. R.,
BELLAS T. E.,
GANDEVIA B. H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1986.tb01955.x
Subject(s) - lucilia cuprina , immunoglobulin e , allergy , immunology , intoxicative inhalant , medicine , antibody , antigen , biology , dermatology , toxicology , calliphoridae , larva , ecology
Summary An allergic reaction, provoked by exposure to the blowfly Lucilia cuprina and shown to be IgE‐mediated, occurred in a subject employed in an entomological research laboratory. The subject's serum, and sera from three other asthmatic patients with IgE antibodies to blowfly extracts, also reacted with extracts from the screw‐worm fly ( Chrysomya bezziana ). Results suggested that antigens from the two species share immunological cross‐reactivity. Cross‐reactions also exist between the different developmental stages of both species. Allergic reactions to inhaled insect allergens may not be uncommon in the Australian community.