Technical standards in allergen exposure chambers worldwide – an EAACI Task Force Report

A revised nomenclature for allergy. An EAACI position statement from the EAACI nomenclature task force.

This report has been prepared by an EAACI task force representing the five EAACI Sections and the EAACI Executive Committee composed of specialists that reflect the broad opinion on allergy expressed by various clinical and basic specialties dealing with allergy. The aim of this report is to propose a revised nomenclature for allergic and related reactions that can be used independently of targ...

EAACI/GA(2)LEN task force consensus report: the autologous serum skin test in urticaria.

Injection of autologous serum collected during disease activity from some patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CU) into clinically normal skin elicits an immediate weal and flare response. This observation provides a convincing demonstration of a circulating factor or factors that may be relevant to the understanding of the pathogenesis and management of the disease. This test has becom...

Testing for IgG4 against foods is not recommended as a diagnostic tool: EAACI Task Force Report.

Serological tests for immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) against foods are persistently promoted for the diagnosis of food-induced hypersensitivity. Since many patients believe that their symptoms are related to food ingestion without diagnostic confirmation of a causal relationship, tests for food-specific IgG4 represent a growing market. Testing for blood IgG4 against different foods is performed with ...

Technical Report : Connectivity In Task

Abstract– In this document we report on a set of simulation experiments that were conducted to evaluate the Task Graph (TG) protocol as outlined in [1]. The experiments allowed us to identify sources of poor performance due to TCP and other TG protocol related timers. Through these experiments we were able to choose appropriate timer values and achieve better results. We also measured performan...

Authenticity Task Force Report