Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy-Subcutaneous, Sublingual, and Oral

CONTENTS
Section I Basic Concepts 
Chapter 1 Historical Perspectives of Allergen Immunotherapy
David Fitzhugh, Sheldon G. Cohen (Deceased), and Richard Evans III (Deceased)
Chapter 2 Aeroallergen Sampling 
Estelle Levetin and Josh D. McLoud 
Chapter 3 Definition of an Allergen (Immunobiology)
Lauren Fine
Chapter 4 Allergen Nomenclature
Heimo Breiteneder, Richard Goodman, Martin D. Chapman, and Anna Pomés
Chapter 5 Immunologic Response to Various Forms of Allergen Immunotherapy 
Umit Murat Sahiner, Mohamed H. Shamji, Sakura Sato, Ozge Soyer, Stephen J Till, Motohiro Ebisawa, Mübeccel Akdis, and Stephen R. Durham
Chapter 6 In Vivo Testing 
Richard W. Weber
Chapter 7 Serologic (in vitro) and Component Testing Methods in the Diagnosis of Human Allergic Disease
Robert G. Hamilton
Chapter 8 Nasal, Bronchial, Conjunctival, and Food Challenge Techniques and Epicutaneous Immunotherapy of Food Allergy
Mark W. Tenn, Matthew Rawls, Babak Aberumand, and Anne K. Ellis
Chapter 9 Local Mucosal Allergic Disease 
Ibon Eguiluz-Gracia, Paloma Campo, and Carmen Rondón
Section II Allergens: Inhalation, Ingested, and Injected 
Chapter 10 Tree Pollen Allergens
Rosa Codina, Fernando Pineda, and Ricardo Palacios
Chapter 11 Grass Pollen Allergens
Robert E. Esch
Chapter 12 Weed Pollen Allergens 
Michael Hauser, Gabriele Gadermaier, Sabrina Wildner, Lisa Pointner, Michael Wallner, and Fatima Ferreira
Chapter 13 Fungal Allergens
Robert Esch, Jonathan A. Bernstein, and Hari Vijay
Chapter 14 Mite Allergens
Enrique Fernández-Caldas, Leonardo Puerta, Luis Caraballo, Victor Iraola, and Richard F. Lockey
Chapter 15 Cockroach and Other Inhalant Insect Allergens 
Anna Pomés and Coby Schal
Chapter 16 Mammalian Allergens
Tuomas Virtanen and Marja Rytkönen-Nissinen
Chapter 17 Food Allergens 
Anusha Penumarti and Mike Kulis
Chapter 18 Hymenoptera Allergens 
Rafael I. Monsalve, Te Piao King, and Miles Guralnick
Chapter 19 Biting Insect and Tick Allergens
Donald R. Hoffman and Jennifer E. Fergeson 
Chapter 20 Occupational Allergens 
Loida Viera-Hutchins, Andrew M. Smith, and David Bernstein 
Section III Immunotherapy Techniques: Production, Preparation and Administration of Allergen Immunotherapy
Chapter 21 Manufacturing Pollen and Fungal Extracts 
Robert E. Esch, Rosa Codina, Fernando Pineda, and Ricardo Palacios
Chapter 22 Manufacturing Arthropod and Mammalian Allergen Extracts
Enrique Fernández-Caldas, Eva Abel Fernández, Jonathan Kilimajer, and Seong H. Cho
Chapter 23 Manufacturing Food Extracts
Natalie A. David, Anusha Penumarti, and Jay E. Slater
Chapter 24 Regulation of Allergen Extracts in the United States
Jennifer Bridgewater, Jay E. Slater, and Ronald L. Rabin
Chapter 25 Manufacturing and Standardizing Allergen Extracts in Europe
Jørgen Nedergaard Larsen, Christian Gauguin Houghton, Manuel Lombardero Vega, Hendrik Nolte, and Henning Løwenstein 
Chapter 26 Indications for and Preparing and Administering Subcutaneous Allergen Vaccines
Harold S. Nelson 
Chapter 27 Preparing and Administering Sublingual Allergen Vaccines 
Miguel Casanovas, Jonathan Kilimajer, and Enrique Fernández-Caldas
Chapter 28 Sublingual and Oral Food Immunotherapy: Indications, Preparation and Administration 
Whitney Block, Sayantani B. Sindher, Vanitha Sampath, and Kari Nadeau 
Chapter 29 Indications for and Preparing and Administering Hymenoptera Vaccines 
David B.K. Golden, Farnaz Tabatabaian, Ulrich Müller-Gierok, and Richard F. Lockey 
Chapter 30 Recombinant and Modified Vaccines and Adjuvants Used for Allergen Immunotherapy 
Jeffrey Stokes and Thomas B. Casale
Section IV Clinical Application of Allergen Imunotherapy and Biological Therapy for Allergic Diseases 
Chapter 31 Adherence and Cost-Effectiveness of Subcutaneous Immunotherapy and Sublingual Immunotherapy 
Dana V. Wallace and John Oppenheimer
Chapter 32 Biologics in Allergic Disease 
Tara Saco and Farnaz Tabatabaian
Chapter 33 Unproven and Epicutaneous and Other Investigational Forms of Immunotherapy 
Haig Tcheurekdjian and Abba I. Terr
Section V Recognition, Management, and Prevention of Adverse Effects of Allergen Immunotherapy 
Chapter 34 Adverse Effects and Fatalities Associated with Allergen Skin Testing and Subcutaneous Allergen Immunotherapy
Andrew S. Bagg and Richard F. Lockey
Chapter 35 Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment of Adverse Effects Associated with Sublingual Immunotherapy
Giovanni Passalacqua, Diego Bagnasco, and Walter Canonica
Chapter 36 Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment of Adverse Effects Associated with Oral Allergen Immunotherapy 
Jennifer A. Dantzer and Robert A. Wood
Chapter 37 Instructions and Consent Forms for Subcutaneous Allergen Immunotherapy
Shiven S. Patel, Linda Cox, and Richard F. Lockey
Chapter 38 Recognition, Treatment, and Prevention of Systemic Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis
Emma Westermann-Clark, Stephen F. Kemp, and Richard D. deShazo