JACI Highlights - February 2007
This month in the Journal of Allergy
and Clinical Immunology
Summaries of featured articles:
 Kerzl - Life-threatening anaphylaxis to kiwi fruit: Protective sublingual allergen immunotherapy effect persists even after discontinuation
Spergel et al - Predictive values for skin prick test and atopy patch test for eosinophilic esophagitis
van Ree et al – Indoor allergens: relevance of major allergen measurements and standardization
Khetsuriani et al - Prevalence of viral respiratory infections in children with asthma
Arshad et al - Prevention of allergic disease during childhood by allergen avoidance - The Isle of Wight prevention study
Gibson et al - Differential effects of maintenance long-acting beta-agonist and inhaled corticosteroid on asthma control and asthma exacerbations
Stern et al - Exposure to farming environment has allergen-specific protective effects on Th2-dependant isotype switching in response to common inhalants
Baynam et al - Parental smoking impairs vaccine responses in allergic children
Nakazawa et al - Asian ladybugs (Harmonia axyridis): A new seasonal indoor allergen
Buchanan et al - Egg oral immunotherapy in non-anaphylactic egg-allergic children
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