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1. Introduction
2. Reactions to arthropods
3. Pattern of cutaneous reactivity to repeated bites
4. Order Hymenoptera
5. Hymenoptera (1)
6. Hymenoptera (2)
7. Ants(1)
8. Ants (2)
9. Arthropods can cause anaphylactic reactions
10. Hymenoptera venom immunotherapy (1)
11. Hymenoptera venom immunotherapy (2)
12. Hymenoptera venom immunotherapy (3)
13. Reactions to contact with arthropods (1)
14. Reactions to contact with arthropods (2)
15. Reactions to contact with arthropods (3)
16. Inhaled arthropod allergens(1)
17. Inhaled arthropod allergens(2)
18. House dust mites (1)
19. House dust mites (2)
20. Tick paralysis (1)
21. Tick paralysis (2)
22. Tick paralysis (3)
23. Tick paralysis: Australia vs. North America
24. Salivary glands complexity - example (1)
25. Salivary glands complexity - example (2)
26. Ixodes scapularis salivary gland transcripts (1)
27. Ixodes scapularis salivary gland transcripts (2)
28. Ixodes scapularis salivary gland transcripts (3)
29. Components of the Ixodes scapularis sialome
30. Modulation of host immune defenses (1)
31. Modulation of host immune defenses (2)
32. Modulation of host immune defenses (3)
33. I. scapularis interactions with host immunity
34. Salivary glands of Dermacentor andersoni
35. cDNA library from D. andersoni salivary glands
36. D. andersoni salivary gland cDNA(1)
37. D. andersoni salivary gland cDNA (2)
38. D. andersoni salivary gland cDNA (3)
39. D. andersoni interactions with host immunity
40. cDNA library from D. andersoni females
41. Mosquito-host immune interactions
42. Mosquito modulation of host defenses
43. Pathogen transmission from mosquitoes
44. Salivary gland transcripts in female mosquito
45. Aedes aegypti salivary gland transcripts (1)
46. Aedes aegypti salivary gland transcripts (2)
47. Salivary gland transcripts - summary
48. Acknowledgment

Topics Covered

• Host responses to blood feeding arthropods
• Skin reactions to bites, stings and contact
• Mechanisms of reactions
• Molecules responsible for reactions
• Characterization of salivary gland gene expression and bioactive molecules in blood feeding arthropod saliva
• Blood feeding arthropod modulation of host defenses

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• Vector-Borne Diseases

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Immunology

Therapeutic Areas:

• Immunology & Inflammation
• Infectious Diseases

Talk Citation

Wikel, S. (2010, October 26). Reactions to arthropod allergens, toxins and venoms [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 15, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/CPIF7496.
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Publication History

• Published on October 26, 2010

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Stephen Wikel has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.