The volume explores all aspects of allergic diseases, body systems and vaccines. Emphasis is placed on genetics, physiology, metabolism, pathogenesis, and applied microbiology. Under the leadership of some of the most world renowned names in the field, the encyclopedia brings together an outstanding collection of contributions by top scientists in a variety of fields.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Preface
• Editors-in-Chief
• Editors
• List of Contributors
• A
• Activating and Inhibitory Receptors on Mast Cells
• Allergen Avoidance: Avoidance Strategies for Skin Allergies
• Allergen Avoidance: Cockroach and Rodent Avoidance
• Allergen Avoidance: Dietary Management of Food Allergy
• Allergen Avoidance: Dust Mite Avoidance
• Allergen Avoidance: Fungi and Mold Avoidance
• Allergen Avoidance: Furry Animal Avoidance
• Allergen Avoidance: Pollen Avoidance - Tree, Grass, and Weed
• Allergen Immunotherapy, Overview
• Allergens in Gloves
• Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
• Allergic Contact Dermatitis
• Allergic Contact Dermatitis from Exotic Woods
• Allergic Proctocolitis and Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES)
• Aluminum Allergy
• Analytes and Biomarkers: Environmental Allergen Assessment
• Analytes and Biomarkers: IgE
• Analytes and Biomarkers: Nitric Oxide (NO) and Asthma
• Analytes and Biomarkers: Precipitin Antibodies
• Anaphylaxis, Background
• Anaphylaxis, Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis
• Articaine Allergic Reaction
• Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease
• Assay Performance Parameters
• Asthma Variants: Allergic Asthma
• Asthma Variants: Cough-Variant Asthma
• Atopic Dermatitis
• Autoimmune Lung Disease
• B
• Basophils
• Biphasic, Protracted, and Late-Phase Reactions in Anaphylaxis
• Biting Insects (Systemic and Local Reactions)
• Bronchial Challenges
• Bronchiectasis
• C
• Cobalt Contact Dermatitis
• Contact Allergy to Black Henna Tattoos
• Contact Allergy to Epoxy Resins
• Contact Allergy to Hair Dyes
• Contact Allergy to Shoe Components
• Contact Dermatitis Due to New Metals
• Contact Dermatitis Due to Plants
• Contact Dermatitis Due to Thiourea Derivatives
• Contact Dermatitis Due to Topical Drugs
• Contact Dermatitis Due to Topical Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Contact Dermatitis in Children
• Contact Sensitization to Modern Wound Dressing
• Contact Urticaria and Protein Contact Dermatitis (to Asparagus, Cow's Hair, Seafood, Etc.)
• Cotinine
• Cow's Milk Allergy
• Cutaneous Drug Reactions
• D
• Delayed Allergic Hypersensitivity to Corticosteroids
• Delayed Anaphylaxis to Mammalian Meat (Alpha-Gal)
• Dendritic Cells
• Dermatitis from 2-N-Octyl-4-Isothiazolin-3-One, Allergic Contact
• Diagnostic Assay Components
• Diagnostic Components: Allergen for In Vivo (Skin Testing, Immunotherapy) and In Vitro (Serology) IgE Antibody Testing
• Diagnostic Components: T Helper Cell Cytokines (IL-4, IL-5, IL-9, IL-10, IL-13, IL-17)
• Diagnostic Food Challenges
• Diagnostic Terms: Atopy
• Diagnostic Terms: Point-of-Care Testing
• 3-Dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA), Allergic Contact Dermatitis to
• Diseases in DDx of Asthma: Alpha 1 AT Deficiency
• Diseases in DDx of Asthma: Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
• Diseases in DDx of Asthma: COPD
• Diseases in DDx of Asthma: Croup
• Diseases in DDx of Asthma: Differential Diagnosis of Asthma
• Diseases in DDx of Asthma: Vocal Cord Dysfunction
• Diseases in Differential Diagnosis of Asthma: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• E
• Egg Allergy
• Emergent Allergies in Cosmetics
• Eosinophil Activation
• Eosinophil Granule Proteins
• Eosinophil Historical Background
• Eosinophil Progenitors, Growth, and Differentiation and Death
• Eosinophil Receptor Expression
• Eosinophil Recruitment
• Eosinophil, Definition and Morphology
• Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Eosinophils in Disease
• Epidemic Contact Dermatitis due to Dimethyl Fumarate
• Epidemiology of Food Allergy
• Etiology of Anaphylaxis
• Exercise Challenge
• Exhaled Nitric Oxide
• Eyes and Eyelid, Contact Allergic Reaction On
• F
• Fatal Allergic Reactions to Foods
• Fingernails from Sensitization to Acrylic, Loss of
• Food Allergens
• Food Allergies, Diagnostic Testing
• Food Allergy and its Future Treatment
• Food Allergy, Overview
• Food Desensitization
• Fragrance Contact Allergy
• Fragrancy, Allergic Contact Dermatitis
• G
• Genetic Regulation of IgE
• Gluten Intolerance and Skin Diseases
• Gold Contact Dermatitis
• H
• Hairdressers’ Occupational Skin Disease
• Herbal Remedies
• Homeopathy in the Treatment of Allergic Diseases
• Honeybee Allergy
• Hypereosinophilic Syndromes
• Hyper-IgE Syndrome
• I
• Idiopathic Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia
• Idiopathic Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia
• Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
• IgE Isotype Switching
• IgE Receptor
• IgE Testing
• IgE-Secreting Plasma Cells
• Immunomodulator Therapy of Asthma
• Immunomodulator Therapy of Chronic Urticaria
• Immunomodulator Therapy of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
• Immunomodulator Therapy of Mastocytosis
• Immunotherapy for Allergic Rhinitis
• Immunotherapy for Asthma
• Immunotherapy for Hymenoptera Allergy
• Immunotherapy with Recombinant and DNA-Conjugated Allergens
• Immunotherapy, Mechanisms
• Imported Fire Ant Allergy
• Induction of IgE Synthesis: Cellular Interactions and Molecular Events
• Insect Allergy in Children
• Intranasal Anticholinergics
• Intranasal Antihistamines
• Intranasal Corticosteroids
• Intranasal Decongestants
• Intranasal Mast Cell Stabilizers
• Intraocular Vasoconstrictors
• L
• Laboratory and Assay Evaluation
• Leukotriene Modifiers
• M
• mAbs (Omalizumab)
• Management of Anaphylaxis
• Mannitol Challenge
• Mast Cell Mediators
• Mast Cell Mediators Associated with Anaphylaxis
• Mast Cells
• Mast Cells, Growth and Development
• Mastocytosis
• Methacholine Challenge
• Methods (In Vitro and In Vivo): Multiplex Immunoassay Systems
• Methods (In Vitro and In Vivo): Nephelometry and Turbidimetry
• Methods (In Vivo) Provocation Tests (Nasal Challenge, Bronchial Challenge, Food Challenge)
• Methods (In Vivo): Methacholine Challenge
• Methods (In Vivo): Skin Test (Intradermal, Puncture)
• Methyldibromo Glutaronitrile, Contact Allergy to
• Methylisothiazolinone Allergy
• Microscopic Polyangiitis
• Morphology and Histologic Identification of Mast Cells
• N
• Nail Contact Dermatitis, Including Allergic Contact Dermatitis Due to Nail Cosmetics
• Netherton's Syndrome
• Nickel Allergic Contact Dermatitis
• Nickel Contact Dermatitis
• Nitroglycerin Dermatitis
• Nonasthmatic Eosinophilic Bronchitis
• Nutrition in Food Allergy
• O
• Occupational Contact Dermatitis Due to Acrylates and Methacrylates
• Ocular Antihistamines
• Ocular Corticosteroids
• Oral Allergy Syndrome
• Oral Antihistamines
• Oral Corticosteroids
• Oral Decongestants
• Oral Mast Cell Stabilizers
• P
• Pathophysiology of Anaphylaxis
• Peanut Allergy
• Peanut Allergy, Diagnosis and Management
• Photoallergic Contact Dermatitis
• Photopatch Test Baseline Series
• Plants, Allergic Contact Dermatitis from
• Polidocanol: A Contact Allergen in Shampoo
• p-Phenylenediamine Occupational Contact Dermatitis
• Predictive Value Model for Laboratory Tests: Diagnostic Sensitivity, Diagnostic Specificity, Positive and Negative Predictive Value, Efficiency, Likelihood Ratio ([positive and negative]), Incidence and Prevalence
• Preservatives Contact Allergy
• Protein Contact Dermatitis
• Pulmonary Function Testing
• R
• Role of IgE in Disease
• Role of Mast Cells in Diseases
• S
• Safety of Immunotherapy
• Sensitization and Allergy to Natural Rubber Latex
• Single-Plex Immunoassays and Autoanalyzers
• Specific IgE
• Sublingual Immunotherapy
• T
• Testing: DLCO
• Testing: High-Resolution Chest Computed Tomography Scan
• Testing: Sputum Eosinophil Count
• Textile Allergy
• Titanium Alloy, Dermatitis, Allergic Contact, Granulomatous
• Topical Antihistamines
• Topical Corticosteroids
• Topical Preparations: Calcineurin Inhibitors
• Tracheobronchomalacia and Hyperdynamic Airway Collapse
• U
• Urticaria
• V
• Venom Content
• Vespid Allergy: Yellow Jackets, Hornets and Wasps