Diagnosis of Vespa affinis venom allergy: use of immunochemical methods and a passive basophil activation test.
Peshala GunasekaraS M HandunnettiSunil PremawansaPradeep KaluarachchiChandima KarunatilakeIndra P RatnayakeR K S DiasG A S PremakumaraW M D K DasanayakeSuranjith L SeneviratneRajiva de SilvaPublished in: Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2019)
High IgE reactivity for five allergens of V. affinis points to the potential of using these allergens in component resolved diagnosis (CRD). The passive BAT has shown its importance as a promising diagnostic tool with high accuracy. It would be particularly useful in cases with doubtful double-positive results of other diagnostic tests.
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