Description
Allergy and Allergen Immunotherapy: New Mechanisms and Strategies is a valuable and comprehensive book that covers allergy and causative allergens and provides diagnostic and therapeutic aspects as well. With chapters from internationally recognized experts in the field, the book provides a balanced approach to enumerating pollen allergens as well as allergy diagnosis and therapeutic management and safety assessment of genetically engineered food allergens.
The book features a special section on allergic diseases and allergens from tropical countries, including such countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Iran, and South Korea, giving the book a global appeal.
The book is broken in the following sections:
- Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Diagnosis of Allergy
- Aerobiology and Allergic Diseases
- Pollen Allergy in the Tropics and Temperate Regions
- Allergy in Children
- Food Allergy Evaluation
- Allergen Immunotherapy and Anti IgE
The book deals not only on basics of allergy and allergen immunotherapy but also discusses indoor environments and safety considerations of genetically modified food allergens. The first of its kind volume from the Indian subcontinent that caters to the needs of clinicians, aerobiologists, environmentalists, and regulatory agencies as well, the volume will be of immense interest for clinicians and patients of allergy as well as diagnostic and therapeutic management of allergy in tropics.
Table of Contents
Sensitization to Allergens: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
P. A. Mahesh and Amrutha D. Holla
In-Vivo and In-Vitro Diagnosis of Allergy
P. A. Mridula and P. A. Mahesh
Aerobiology Associated with Allergy
A. B. Singh and Chandni Mathur
Meteorological and Clinical Analysis of Aeroallergen Data: Increase in Allergy and Asthma Cases in Texas Panhandle
Nabarun Ghosh, Griselda Estrada, Mitsy Veloz, Danius Bouyi, Jon Bennert, Jeff Bennert, Constantine Saadeh, and Chandini Revanna
Airborne Pollen in Europe
C. Galan, A. Dahl, G. Frenguelli, and Gehrig
Indoor Pollutants with Special Reference to Health and Hygiene
Rajiv R. Sahay and Alan L. Wozniak
Pollen Allergy in Iran
Mohammad-Ali Assarehzadegan
Allergy An Emerging Epidemic: Sri Lankan Scenario
Anura Weerasinghe
Allergenic Pollen and Pollen Allergy in Europe
D' Amato et al.
Pollen Allergy and Meteorological Factors
Jae-Won Oh
Allergies in India : A Clinician’s Viewpoint
Wiqar Shaikh and Shifa Wiqar Shaikh
Allergic Rhinitis in Children
Major K. Nagaraju
Current Consensus on Childhood Asthma
H. Paramesh
Food Allergy Insomina
G. Hassan, M. Ismail, T. Masood, and S. Saheer
Science Based Evaluation of Potential Risks of Food Allergy from Genetically Engineered Crops
R. E. Goodman
Specific Immunotherapy: Principles and Practice
Wiqar Shaikh and Shifa Wiqar Shaikh
Allergen Immunotherapy
S. Narmada Ashok and P. K. Vedanthan
Sub Lingual Immuno Therapy
Paranjothy Kanni, Nagendra Prasad Komarla, and A. B. Singh
Anti IgE Therapy in Allergic Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis
Agam Vora
