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===Venom=== [[Venom]] from stinging or biting insects such as [[Hymenoptera]] (ants, bees, and wasps) or [[Triatominae]] (kissing bugs) may cause anaphylaxis in susceptible people.<ref name=EAACI2014/><ref name="Klotz">{{cite journal|last=Klotz|first=JH|author2=Dorn, PL |author3=Logan, JL |author4=Stevens, L |author5=Pinnas, JL |author6=Schmidt, JO |author7=Klotz, SA |title="Kissing bugs": potential disease vectors and cause of anaphylaxis|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases |date=Jun 15, 2010|volume=50|issue=12|pages=1629β34|pmid=20462351|doi=10.1086/652769|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=2001simonga>{{cite journal |first1=Simon G. A. |last1=Brown |first2=Qi-Xuan |last2=Wu |first3=G. Robert H. |last3=Kelsall |first4=Robert J. |last4=Heddle |first5=Brian A. |last5=Baldo |title=Fatal anaphylaxis following jack jumper ant sting in southern Tasmania |journal=Medical Journal of Australia |year=2001 |volume=175 |issue=11 |pages=644β647 |pmid=11837875 |url=http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/175_12_171201/brown/brown.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114054159/http://mja.com.au/public/issues/175_12_171201/brown/brown.html |archive-date=2012-01-14 |doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143761.x |s2cid=2495334 }}</ref> Previous reactions that are anything more than a local reaction around the site of the sting, are a risk factor for future anaphylaxis;<ref>{{cite journal|last=BilΓ²|first=MB|title=Anaphylaxis caused by Hymenoptera stings: from epidemiology to treatment|journal=Allergy|date=July 2011|volume=66|issue=Suppl 95 |pages=35β7|pmid=21668850|doi=10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02630.x|s2cid=31238581}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Cox|first=L|author2=Larenas-Linnemann, D|author3=Lockey, RF |author4=Passalacqua, G|title=Speaking the same language: The World Allergy Organization Subcutaneous Immunotherapy Systemic Reaction Grading System|journal=The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology|date=March 2010|volume=125|issue=3|pages=569β74, 574.e1β574.e7|pmid=20144472|doi=10.1016/j.jaci.2009.10.060|doi-access=free}}</ref> however, half of fatalities have had no previous systemic reaction.<ref>{{cite journal|last=BilΓ²|first=BM|author2=Bonifazi, F|title=Epidemiology of insect-venom anaphylaxis|journal=Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology|date=August 2008|volume=8|issue=4|pages=330β7|pmid=18596590|doi=10.1097/ACI.0b013e32830638c5|s2cid=28384693}}</ref>
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