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f312 Swordfish
f312 Swordfish Scientific Information
Display Name:
Swordfish
Allergen code:
f312
Family:
Xiphidae
Latin Name:
Xiphias gladius
Other Names:
Swordfish
WHO/ICD-11 code:
XM95M8
(ICD-11 is currently under implementation by WHO and the ICD-11 codes displayed in the encyclopedia may not yet be available in all countries)
Molecular Aspects
Cross-reactivity
Species within groups of fish, like Gadiformes (examples: codfish and hake) and Scombroid fishes (examples: mackerel and tuna) seem to share allergenic components. The overlap of allergen specificity between the groups seems to be
Swordfish is an enormous mackerel-like fish representing the only member of the family Xiphidae. It feeds on schools of fishes. The prolongation of the forepart of the skull into a horizontally flattened "sword" is a formidable weapon which can pierce wooden boats. An Atlantic and Mediterranean fish, it is seen only occasionally in the Pacific. A patient with clinical sensitivity to swordfish had IgE antibodies to a 25 kD protein but to no other protein from 10 fish species tested. The allergen may be specific for the family Xiphidae (1).
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Last reviewed: June 2022
References
- Kelso, JM; Jones, RT; Yunginger, JW. Mono specific allergy to swordfish. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol; 1996; 77: 227-228.
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