Topic summary
Mosquito bite allergies
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Mosquito bite allergy.
Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases
Mosquito bite allergies afflict individuals who have any one of various types of Epstein–Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases (EBV+ LPD). About 33% of patients with chronic active EBV infection are afflicted by mosquito bite allergies. Other Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disease reported to predispose individuals to mosquito bite allergies include Epstein-Barr virus-positive Hodgkin disease, hydroa vacciniforme, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, aggressive NK-cell leukemia (also termed aggressive NK-cell leukemia/lymphoma), and extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type. Mosquito bite allergies in individuals with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection are the best studied of those that occur in Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disease; much of what is known in this area is based on these individuals.