A case of hypersensitivity to mosquito bites with chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection and atypical lymphocytosis.
- Author:
So Yeon PARK
1
;
You Sook CHO
;
Seung Ho KIM
;
Chang Keun LEE
;
Bin YOO
;
Sang Wi KIM
;
Heung Bum OH
;
Chan Jeoung PARK
;
Hee Bom MOON
Author Information
1. Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hbmoon@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
hypersensitivity to mosquito bites;
chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection;
atypical lymphocytosis
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Asian Continental Ancestry Group;
Culicidae*;
Herpesvirus 4, Human*;
Humans;
Hypersensitivity*;
Killer Cells, Natural;
Lymphocytosis*;
Skin
- From:Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
2003;23(2):408-413
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites is a disorder characterized by necrotic skin reactions and systemic generalized symptoms subsequent to mosquito bites. This disease has been reported mostly in Japanese patients in their first two decades of life. Recent studies have revealed that hypersensitivity to mosquito bites is frequently associated with chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection and natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma. We describe here a Korean male adolescent who had hypersensitivity to mosquito bites accompanied by chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection and atypical lymphocytosis.
