title: Insect sting allergy.
abstract: Insect sting allergy has served as an excellent model for the allergic process over the past century. In particular, during the last 30 years, a new form of diagnostic testing and treatment with vo m has been one of the great suc-cess stories in the entire field of allergy. VIT reduces the risk of recurrent life-threatening reactions from about 60% to less than 2%. Progress and further questions continue with a search for a definitive diagnostic test that more accurately predicts which patients are at risk for future reactions, and defines which patients can stop VIT and which ones need to continue treatment.
authors.affiliation: Asthma and Allergic Diseases, Park Nicollet Clinic, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA. graftd@parknicollet.com
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Graft
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D006927:Hymenoptera; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D014688:Venoms / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D014688:Venoms