title: [Long-term effectiveness of insect venom-specific immunotherapy].
abstract: Venom immunotherapy gives high protection from systemic reactions to stings. The question whether VIT provides long term protection after its discontinuation has been raised for many years. The paper presents different factors with an impact on venom immunotherapy outcome. The most important are: age, insect species, severity of the pre-treatment sting reaction, treatment duration, general reactions during VIT to either treatment injections or stings.
authors.forename: Radosław
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gawlik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D007313:Insecta / Q000276:immunology*; D013995:Time; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014688:Venoms / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D014688:Venoms; D007073:Immunoglobulin E