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Anaphylaxis: Five Years’ Experience in the Emergency Rooms of Five University Hospitals in Korea

Medicina, 2020
Background: Anaphylaxis is an allergic disease that requires special handling due to its potential fatality. Recent epidemiological data indicate that the incidence of anaphylaxis is rising. However, actual data on the prevalence or causes of anaphylaxis
Bo Young Chung, Ji Young Um, Jin Cheol Kim, Seok Young Kang, Min Je Jung, Hye One Kim, Chun Wook Park   +6 more
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Unintentional Accidents in the 0-6 Age Group: Evidence from Turkey

Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
Aim:This study aims to analyze the data of children in the 0-6 age group who were exposed to unintentional accidents through a data set representing Turkey.Materials and Methods:The variables used in the analysis were obtained from the “TurkStat Health ...
Ayhan Tabur
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Reasons for Declining Venom Immunotherapy

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2018
Introduction: Hymenoptera venom allergy is associated with significant morbidity and deterioration in health-related quality of life, and risk of fatal systemic reactions.
Leonor Carneiro-Leão, Luís Amaral, Alice Coimbra   +2 more
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Nephrotic syndrome after insect sting: a case report

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2020
Minimal change disease accounts for up to 25% of the cases of nephrotic syndrome in adult population. The allergic mechanism has been associated with minimal change disease and allergens have been implied, namely insect stings.
Vânia Junqueira, Beatriz Donato, Catarina Teixeira, Maria Isabel Mascarenhas, Isabel Costa Silva, Edgar Almeida   +5 more
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Review of Adaptations of Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) [PDF]

, 2017
Mutillid wasps are active and conspicuous insects, but their interactions with each other and with other animals are seldom observed. Mostly indirect evidence is used to postulate that an array of traits represents adaptations to exploit ground-nesting ...
Deyrup, Mark
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Imunoterapia específica com venenos de Hymenoptera: revisão sistemática [PDF]

, 2010
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The only effective treatment for patients who have severe reactions after Hymenoptera stings is venom immunotherapy. The aim of this study was to review the literature to assess the effects of venom immunotherapy among patients ...
CASTRO, Fabio Fernandes Morato, FONSECA, Luiz Augusto Marcondes, GALVÃO, Clóvis Eduardo Santos, KALIL, Jorge, WATANABE, Alexandra Sayuri   +4 more
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Eosinophilic Cellulitis After Honeybee Sting

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2009
Stings by honeybees are not uncommon and most cases cause pain but no significant medical problems. Some patients, however, have lethal complications such as acute anaphylactic shock.
Hsing-Lin Lin, Jiun-Nong Lin, Chao-Wen Chen, Liang-Chi Kuo, Wei-Che Lee   +4 more
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Do topical repellents divert mosquitoes within a community? Health equity implications of topical repellents as a mosquito bite prevention tool. [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: Repellents do not kill mosquitoes--they simply reduce human-vector contact. Thus it is possible that individuals who do not use repellents but dwell close to repellent users experience more bites than otherwise.
DC Chavasse, Elizabeth Louise Turner, Emmanuel Titus Simfukwe, GF Killeen, JA Scott, John Vontas, LW Cohnstaedt, M Ditzen, M Rowland, Marta Ferreira Maia, Max Thele, MF Maia, N Hill, RW Steketee, Sangoro Peter Onyango, Sarah Jane Moore, SE Clarke, SJ Moore, SJ Moore, SP Carroll, SW Lindsay, TW Scott, Y Geissbühler   +22 more
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Red Imported Fire Ant in Australia: What if we lose the war? [PDF]

, 2016
In Australia, a national eradication programme for the Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren), one of the world's most invasive species, has been in operation since 2001 when the pest was first detected in Brisbane, Queensland. Since that time,
ABARES, ABS, ABS, ABS, ABS, ABS, Adams, Adams, Adams, Adams, Allen, Allen, Australian Government, Avant, Banks, Banks, Barr, Barr, Bennett, Brinkley, Buren, Chen, Contreras, Crance, Defeo, Diaz, Drees, Dziadzio, Eubanks, Ferguson, Forys, Gutrich, Hafi, Hafi, Hall, Hamann, Hoffmann, Holway, Hung, Jetter, Klein, Lard, Lee, Lofgren, Low, Lu, MAF, McGain, McGlynn, McLeod, Mehr, Moloney, Morrison, Morrison, Oi, Oi, Oi, Rhoades, Smittle, Solley, Stafford, Stewart, Stiles, Styrsky, Sutherst, Taber, Tisdell, Tracey, Tschinkel, Vander Meer, Vinson, Waldridge, Wang, Wilkinson, Wylie, Xu, Zhang   +76 more
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Discovery of an Adaptive Neuroimmune Response Driving Itch and Fast Tick Removal with Implications for Preventing Pathogen Transmission

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Itch‐induced tick removal (IITR): An acquired neuroimmune mechanism, itch‐induced tick removal, develops after repeated tick exposure, mobilizing T cells and macrophages at the tick bite site to trigger a rapid scratching response that facilitates timely tick removal within a critical window that precedes the transmission of many tick‐borne pathogens ...
Johannes S. P. Doehl, Tiago D. Serafim, Serena Doh, Charles S. Grugan, Eva Iniguez, Luana Rogerio, Ronja Frigard, Ranadhir Dey, Pedro Cecilio, Xinglong Gu, Pang‐Yen Tseng, Aline da Silva Moreira, Mahnaz Minai, James Oristian, Hans Ackerman, Steven Brooks, Caroline Percopo, Siu‐Ping Ng, Derron A. Alves, Lucas Tirloni, Jennifer M. Anderson, Adriana Marques, Fabiano Oliveira, Shaden Kamhawi, Daniel E. Sonenshine, José M. C. Ribeiro, Mark Hoon, Jesus G. Valenzuela   +27 more
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