Basics Allergen Immunotherapy in a Historical Perspective David Fitzhugh, Sheldon G. Cohen, and Richard Evans III (deceased) Definition of an Allergen (Immunobiology) Malcolm N. Blumenthal and Lauren Fine Allergen Nomenclature Heimo Breiteneder and Martin D. Chapman Immunological Responses to Subcutaneous Allergen Immunotherapy Mohamed H. Shamji, Stephen J. Till, and Stephen R. Durham Immunologic Responses to Sublingual Allergen Immunotherapy Ozge Soyer and Mubeccel Akdis Immunologic Responses to Oral Allergen Immunotherapy Sakura Sato and Motohiro Ebisawa In Vivo Testing for Allergic Diseases Richard W. Weber Serological (In Vitro) Testing Methods in the Diagnosis of Human Allergic Disease Robert G. Hamilton Allergens: Inhalation, Ingested, and Injected Tree Pollen Allergens Katharina Marth, Tetiana Garmatiuk, Ines Swoboda, and Rudolf Valenta Grass Pollen Allergens Robert E. Esch Weed Pollen Allergens Fatima Ferreira, Gabriele Gadermaier, Michael Hauser, and Michael Wallner Fungal Allergens Hari M. Vijay, Viswanath P. Kurup, and Jonathan A. Bernstein Mite Allergens Enrique Fernandez-Caldas, Leonardo Puerta, Luis Caraballo, and Richard F. Lockey Cockroach and Other Inhalant Insect Allergens Anna Pomes Mammalian Allergens Tuomas Virtanen, Tuure Kinnunen, and Marja Rytkonen-Nissinen Food Allergens Mike Kulis and A. Wesley Burks Hymenoptera Allergens Te Piao King and Miles Guralnick Biting Insect and Tick Allergens Donald R. Hoffman Occupational Allergens Andrew M. Smith and David I. Bernstein Immunotherapy Techniques: Preparation and Administration of Subcutaneous and Sublingual Allergen Immunotherapy Standardized Allergen Vaccines in the United States Ronald L. Rabin and Jay E. Slater Manufacturing and Standardizing Allergen Extracts in Europe Jorgen Nedergaard Larsen, Christian Gauguin Houghton, Manuel Lombardero Vega, and Henning Lowenstein Preparing Subcutaneous Allergen Vaccines Harold S. Nelson Preparing and Administering Sublingual Allergen Vaccines Miguel Casanovas and Enrique Fernandez-Caldas Subcutaneous Administration of Allergen Vaccines Sarah Peterson and Leslie C. Grammer Administration of Sublingual Vaccines Giovanni Passalacqua and Giorgio Walter Canonica Subcutaneous Immunotherapy for Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis, Allergic Asthma, and Prevention of Allergic Diseases Hans-Jorgen Malling and Jean Bousquet Sublingual Immunotherapy for Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis, Allergic Asthma, Food Allergy, and Prevention of Allergic Diseases Moises A. Calderon, Martin Penagos, and Stephen R. Durham Oral Immunotherapy for Food and Latex Allergy Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn and Scott H. Sicherer Immunotherapy for Hymenoptera Venom Hypersensitivity Ulrich Muller, David B. K. Golden, Richard F. Lockey, and Byol Shin Other Types of Immunotherapy Recombinant and Modified Vaccines and Adjuvants Used for Allergen Immunotherapy Nana Fenny, Vesselin V. Dimov, and Thomas B. Casale Anti-IgE Therapy Eckard Hamelmann and Ulrich Wahn Unproven and Controversial Forms of lmmunotherapy Haig Tcheurekdjian and Abba I. Terr Prevention and Management of Adverse Effects Adverse Effects and Fatalities Associated with Allergen Skin Testing and Subcutaneous Allergen Immunotherapy Andrew S. Bagg and Richard F. Lockey Adverse Effects Associated with Sublingual Immunotherapy Giovanni Passalacqua and Erkka Valovirta Adverse Effects Associated with Oral Allergen Immunotherapy Robert A. Wood Recognition, Treatment, and Prevention of Anaphylaxis Stephen F. Kemp and Richard D. deShazo Instruction and Consent Forms for Subcutaneous Allergen Immunotherapy Linda Cox and Richard F. Lockey Information and Consent Forms for Sublingual and Oral Allergen Immunotherapy Pascal Demoly and Claude Andre (deceased) Index