Clinical Study
A Randomised, Double-Blind Pilot Study of Enzyme-Potentiated Desensitisation for Prophylaxis of Large Local Reactions to Mosquito Bites
| | Characteristic | Mosquito injection group () | Placebo group () |
| | Mean age (±SD) | 37.26 (8.32) | 37.17 (8.23) | | Sex (F/M) | 19/5 | 22/3 | | History of atopic disease | 12 | 12 | | Previous desensitization | 2 | 1 | | On regular medication | 6 | 10 |
| | Perceived severity of previous reactions (0–3; 0 = mild, 3 = severe) | 0 0 | 0 0 | | 1 1 | 1 1 | | 2 19 | 2 19 | | 3 3 | 3 2 | | Missing data 2 | Missing data 3 |
| | Perceived duration of previous reactions (1–5; 1 = less than an hour, 5 = greater than 24 hours) | 1 0 | 1 1 | | 2 0 | 2 3 | | 3 1 | 3 1 | | 4 4 | 4 5 | | 5 19 | 5 16 | | Missing data 1 | |
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