Abstract
Arthropod bites and stings inflicted by different species of insects, arachnids (spiders), and acarids (mites) cause two kinds of reaction in humans: 1) trauma inflicted by the puncture of the skin and feeding, and 2) reaction to the irritating toxic substances, antigenic substances, or both introduced into the host. The most serious of these reactions, anaphylaxis, is caused by sensitization of the host to antigenic substances found in either the saliva or the venom.
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Nelson, R.P., Lockey, R.F. (2002). Insect Allergy. In: Lieberman, P.L., Blaiss, M.S. (eds) Atlas of Allergic Diseases. Current Medicine Group. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6481-2_23
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