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The same ELA class II risk factors confer equine insect bite hypersensitivity in two distinct populations.
Immunogenetics - 1 Mar 2012
Andersson Lisa S, Swinburne June E, Meadows Jennifer R S, Broström Hans, Eriksson Susanne, Fikse W Freddy, Frey Rebecka, Sundquist Marie, Tseng Chia T, Mikko Sofia, Lindgren Gabriella
Abstract excerpt
Insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) is a chronic allergic dermatitis common in horses. Affected horses mainly react against antigens present in the saliva from the biting midges, Culicoides ssp, and occasionally black flies, Simulium ssp. Because of this insect dependency, the disease is clearly seasonal and prevalence varies between geographical locations. For two distinct horse breeds, we genotyped four...
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