Stinging Insect Allergy A Clinician's Guide
This comprehensive book thoroughly covers the field of stinging insect allergy; addressing all clinical aspects, including diagnosis and therapeutic recommendations. Stinging Insect Allergy: A Clinician’s Guide begins with a look into the entomo
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Stinging Insect Allergy
Theodore M. Freeman • James M. Tracy Editors
Stinging Insect Allergy A Clinician’s Guide
Editors Theodore M. Freeman San Antonio Allergy and Asthma Clinic San Antonio, Texas USA
James M. Tracy Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Associates P.C. Omaha, Nebraska USA
ISBN 978-3-319-46190-8 ISBN 978-3-319-46192-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-46192-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943115 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
I have been fascinated with insects for almost as long as I can remember. I can distinctly recall only one writing assignment from third grade and that is because it was about a heroic ant who saved his nest from certain destruction. It was somewhat later that I learned that my hero was most likely a heroine since the overwhelming majority of individuals in any hymenoptera colony are female. Much later in life I began to develop an interest in medical entomology, and I learned I had a Homo sapiens-centric viewpoint of the world. Did you know that there are an estimated 10 quintillion (10, 000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive at any time and that the total biomass of ants alone is nearly equivalent to that of humans?[1, 2] The more I learned, the more I developed a fascination and interest with insects. When I became an allergy-immunology fellow, it seemed only natural that I focus my research on hymenoptera, especially ants. This avocation eventually led to me being asked to edit this volume. This book is focused squarely on hymenoptera as these are clearly the most important species for the allergi
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