Lymphoid neoplasms associated with mosquito bites.

Hyper eosinophilia associated with myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms

Eosinophilia in the absence of allergies, asthma, drug reactions, parasitic infections and connective tissue diseases can be eosinophilic clonal disorders, lymphoma or myeloproliferative disorders. Hypereosinophilia with the persistence of eosinophils ≥1500 /mm³ in blood or more than 20% of eosinophils in the bone marrow may be observed in many reactive or clonal disorders, the result of which ...

Exaggerated Delayed Hypersensitivity to Mosquito Bites in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.

I T IS THE PURPOSE of this report to describe the occurrence of unusual cutaneous hyper-reactivity phenomena in certain patients having chronic lymphocytic leukemia. These reactions are consistent with an exaggerated delayed hypersensitivity type of response to insect bites, inoculated mosquito antigen and to certain other delayed hypersensitivity antigens. The mosquito is an example of certain...

Transmission of African Horse-Sickness by Means of Mosquito Bites and Replication of the Virus in Aedes aegypti

Basophil activation by mosquito extracts in patients with hypersensitivity to mosquito bites

Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites (HMB) is a cutaneous disorder belonging to the group of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated T/natural killer (NK)-cell lymphoproliferative diseases, and is primarily mediated by EBV-infected NK cells. It is characterized by intense local skin reactions accompanied by general symptoms after mosquito bites, and infiltration of EBV-infected NK cells into the bite...

Assessment of Risk Factors Associated with Malaria Transmission in Tubu Village, Northern Botswana

This study investigated potential risk factors associated with malaria transmission in Tubu village, Okavango subdistrict, a malaria endemic area in northern Botswana. Data was derived from a census questionnaire survey, participatory rural appraisal workshop, field observations, and mosquito surveys. History of malaria episodes was associated with several factors: household income (P < 0.05), ...