Allergy and Allergen Immunotherapy

Allergy and Allergen Immunotherapy: New Mechanisms and Strategies is a valuable and comprehensive book that covers allergy and causative allergens and provides diagnostic and therapeutic aspects as well. With chapters from internationally recognized experts in the field, the book provides a balanced approach to enumerating pollen allergens as well as allergy diagnosis and therapeutic management and safety assessment of genetically engineered food allergens.

The book features a special section on allergic diseases and allergens from tropical countries, including such countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Iran, and South Korea, giving the book a global appeal.

The book is broken in the following sections:

    Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Diagnosis of Allergy
    Aerobiology and Allergic Diseases
    Pollen Allergy in the Tropics and Temperate Regions
    Allergy in Children
    Food Allergy Evaluation
    Allergen Immunotherapy and Anti IgE

The book deals not only on basics of allergy and allergen immunotherapy but also discusses indoor environments and safety considerations of genetically modified food allergens. The first of its kind volume from the Indian subcontinent that caters to the needs of clinicians, aerobiologists, environmentalists, and regulatory agencies as well, the volume will be of immense interest for clinicians and patients of allergy as well as diagnostic and therapeutic management of allergy in tropics.

Features

    illustrates the basic mechanisms of allergy
    presents the in vivo and in vitro methods of allergy diagnosis
    provides in-depth information on monitoring, distribution, and application of aerobiology in allergy practices
    provides knowledge on airborne pollen and fungi in indoor and outdoor air of Europe, USA, India, and Iran
    explores the impact of meteorological factors on pollen allergens
    presents a detailed methodology for the assessment of allergenicity of genetically engineered foods
    reviews the merits of SCIT (subcutaneous immunotherapy, or allergy shots) and SLIT (sublingual immunotherapy) techniques of allergen specific immunotherapy

Table of Contents

Sensitization to Allergens: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology

P. A. Mahesh and Amrutha D. Holla

In-Vivo and In-Vitro Diagnosis of Allergy

P. A. Mridula and P. A. Mahesh

Aerobiology Associated with Allergy

A. B. Singh and Chandni Mathur

Meteorological and Clinical Analysis of Aeroallergen Data: Increase in Allergy and Asthma Cases in Texas Panhandle

Nabarun Ghosh, Griselda Estrada, Mitsy Veloz, Danius Bouyi, Jon Bennert, Jeff Bennert, Constantine Saadeh, and Chandini Revanna

Airborne Pollen in Europe

C. Galan, A. Dahl, G. Frenguelli, and Gehrig

Indoor Pollutants with Special Reference to Health and Hygiene

Rajiv R. Sahay and Alan L. Wozniak

Pollen Allergy in Iran

Mohammad-Ali Assarehzadegan

Allergy An Emerging Epidemic: Sri Lankan Scenario

Anura Weerasinghe

Allergenic Pollen and Pollen Allergy in Europe

D' Amato et al.

Pollen Allergy and Meteorological Factors

Jae-Won Oh

Allergies in India : A Clinician’s Viewpoint

Wiqar Shaikh and Shifa Wiqar Shaikh

Allergic Rhinitis in Children

Major K. Nagaraju

Current Consensus on Childhood Asthma

H. Paramesh

Food Allergy Insomina

G. Hassan, M. Ismail, T. Masood, and S. Saheer

Science Based Evaluation of Potential Risks of Food Allergy from Genetically Engineered Crops

R. E. Goodman

Specific Immunotherapy: Principles and Practice

Wiqar Shaikh and Shifa Wiqar Shaikh

Allergen Immunotherapy

S. Narmada Ashok and P. K. Vedanthan

Sub Lingual Immuno Therapy

Paranjothy Kanni, Nagendra Prasad Komarla, and A. B. Singh

Anti IgE Therapy in Allergic Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis

Agam Vora

Dr. A. B. Singh has more than 40 years of research experience in pollen and fungal allergy and was the coordinator of multi-centered project on "Aeroallergen and Human Health," sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, New Delhi, India. He has completed many projects from United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Indian Council of Medical Research, and the Ministry of Environment and Forest of India, surveying pollen and fungal allergens and identifying the important allergens that trigger allergic symptoms, such as asthma, rhinitis, and dermatitis etc. He worked at the Nebraska University (USA) as the Borlaug Fellow on genetically modified food safety assessments and has been involved in a EPA-funded project on Legume Food Allergies in India. He has also compiled a National Pollen Calendar of India for allergy diagnosis and treatment. He was formerly Vice President of the Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (2010–2013) and served on several committees of World Allergy Organization (WAO). Other roles included Secretary General of South Asia Association of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology (SAAACI), Secretary of the Indian College of Asthma and Applied Immunology (ICAAI), and Member Executive Council of the Indian Aerobiological Society (IAS). He has reviewed many projects from different funding organizations and is a regular reviewer of several international journals of allergy and immunology.
He has been the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Aerobiology since its inception in 1982 and is also Associate Editor of the Indian Journal of Allergy and Immunology. He has delivered more than 250 guest lectures and invited talks at international and national conferences on allergy, asthma and aerobiology in different countries and in India. He has extensively traveled abroad to USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, and South East Asia, etc., as a visiting faculty and guest speaker. The awards and honors he has received include the Charles Richet Prize for Fundamental Work in Allergy and Scientist of the Year by the National Environmental Science Academy (India). In addition, Dr. Singh has received a life-time achievement award from International Asthma Services (USA). He has delivered many oration lectures at various scientific forums, supervised more than 20 PhD and MPhil students, and has published more than 200 research papers in international and national journals of repute and chapters in different books.