title: Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites associated with natural killer cell-derived large granular lymphocyte lymphocytosis: a case report in Korea.
abstract: Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites (HMB) is characterized by intense skin reactions at bite sites. The pathogenesis of HMB might be related to clonal lymphoproliferation of Epstein-Barr virus DNA-positive natural killer (NK) cells. We report the first case of HMB possibly associated with NK cell-derived large granular lymphocyte (NK-LGL) lymphocytosis in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Joo Seop
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Ho Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Eun Yup
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Goon Jae
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D009033:Culicidae; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D007723:Korea; D008218:Lymphocytosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment