ABSTRACT

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.

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PART I: EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, AND DIAGNOSIS OF ALLERGY

chapter 1|16 pages

Sensitization to Allergens: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology

ByP. A. Mahesh, Amrutha D. Holla

chapter 2|26 pages

In-Vivo and In-Vitro Diagnosis of Allergy

ByP. A. Mridula, Amrutha D. Holla, P. A. Mahesh

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PART II: AEROBIOLOGY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES

chapter 3|54 pages

Aerobiology Associated with Allergy

ByA. B. Singh, Chandni Mathur

chapter 4|26 pages

Meteorological and Clinical Analysis of Aeroallergen Data: Increase in Allergy and Asthma Cases in the Texas Panhandle

ByNabarun Ghosh, Griselda Estrada, Mitsy Veloz, Danius Bouyi, Jon Bennert, Jeff Bennert, Constantine Saadeh, Chandini Revanna

chapter 5|36 pages

Airborne Pollen in Europe

ByC. Galán, A. Dahl, G. Frenguelli, R. Gehrig

chapter 6|64 pages

Indoor Pollutants with Special Reference to Health and Hygiene

ByRajiv R. Sahay, Alan L. Wozniak

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PART III: POLLEN ALLERGY IN TROPICS AND TEMPERATE REGIONS

chapter 7|16 pages

Pollen Allergy in Iran

ByMohammad-Ali Assarehzadegan

chapter 8|16 pages

Allergy: An Emerging Epidemic in Sri Lanka

ByAnura Weerasinghe

chapter 9|20 pages

Allergenic Pollen and Pollen Allergy in Europe

ByGennaro D’Amato, Carolina Vitale, Alessandro Sanduzzi, Antonio Molino, Alessandro Vatrella, and Maria D’Amato

chapter 10|8 pages

Pollen Allergy and Meteorological Factors

ByJae-Won Oh

chapter 11|14 pages

Allergies in India: A Clinician’s Viewpoint

ByWiqar Shaikh, Shifa Wiqar Shaikh

part |2 pages

PART IV: ALLERGY IN CHILDREN

chapter 12|34 pages

Allergic Rhinitis in Children

ByMajor K. Nagaraju

chapter 13|14 pages

Current Consensus on Childhood Asthma

ByH. Paramesh

part |2 pages

PART V: FOOD ALLERGY EVALUATION

chapter 14|14 pages

Food Allergy Insomnia

ByG. Hassan, M. Ismail, T. Masood, S. Saheer

part |2 pages

PART VI: ALLERGEN IMMUNOTHERAPY AND ANTI IgE

chapter 16|24 pages

Specific Immunotherapy: Principles and Practice

ByWiqar Shaikh, Shifa Wiqar Shaikh

chapter 17|28 pages

Allergen Immunotherapy

ByS. Narmada Ashok, P. K. Vedanthan

chapter 18|14 pages

Sub Lingual Immunotherapy

ByParanjothy Kanni, Nagendra Prasad Komarla, A. B. Singh

chapter 19|14 pages

Anti IgE Therapy in Allergic Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis

ByAgam Vora