Anisakis and fish induced urticaria.
Skin tests using prepared Anisakis antigen and commercially available fish antigen were done. Also, specific IgE detection for Anisakis was done by RAST method. Two patients out of 20 showed positive skin test and positive RAST to larval Anisakis antigen, and negative skin test to fish antigen. These 2 patients were considered hypersensitive to Anisakis.
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Department of Parasitology, Paediatric and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.
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D000818:Animals; D017163:Anisakis; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D012882:Skin Tests; D014581:Urticaria / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*
D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D007073:Immunoglobulin E