Novel salivary gland allergens from tropical mosquito species and IgE reactivity in allergic patients.

Background: Mosquito allergy is common in tropical countries but remains under-diagnosed. This may be due to the lack of knowledge and diagnostic tools for tropical mosquito allergens.

Objective: We aimed to characterize allergens from tropical mosquito species and investigate IgE reactivity in mosquito-allergic patients to the salivary gland proteins from these mosquitoes.

Mosquito allergy in children: Clinical features and limitation of commercially-available diagnostic tests.

Objective: To determine the clinical features of mosquito allergy in children and the ability of commercially available mosquito allergy tests to detect children with mosquito allergy in Thailand.

Methods: Patients with mosquito allergy aged 1 month to 18 years were recruited. Demographic data, history of mosquito allergy (onset of the reaction, reaction type) and clinical features were recorded.