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Food Allergy

  • 2nd Edition - October 14, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: A. Wesley Burks, Philippe Eigenmann, Wayne Shreffler, Yamini Virkud
  • Language: English

In recent years, novel treatments and new management guidelines regarding food allergies have resulted in vastly improved patient outcomes. Food Allergy, 2nd Edition, brings you fu… Read more

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In recent years, novel treatments and new management guidelines regarding food allergies have resulted in vastly improved patient outcomes. Food Allergy, 2nd Edition, brings you fully up to date with the latest research and treatment protocols in this complex field, offering the tools you need to quickly and accurately diagnose, treat, and manage food allergies in children and adults. The consistent, practical format—featuring a wealth of case studies, clinical pearls and pitfalls, full-color photos and illustrations, diagrams, and more—makes this an ideal quick reference tool for both allergy clinicians and primary care physicians.

Key features

  • Reflects recent changes in the understanding and treatment of food allergies, from prevalent to less common, including the latest research on mechanisms of allergies and current treatment protocols and guidelines
  • Provides essential background information on basic immunology and physiology that is critical to understanding new practice changes
  • Contains extensive updates on peanut allergies, the LEAP prevention study, new oral and subcutaneous immunotherapies, future therapies, natural history and prevention, genetics, microbiome, biomarkers, precision approaches, eosinophilic gastroenteropathies, and more
  • Discusses the latest understanding of non-IgE-mediated food allergies and a review of unproven diagnostic and therapeutic techniques
  • Uses a templated, focused format that includes full-color photos and illustrations, diagrams, case studies, clinical pearls, and more
  • Shares the knowledge, experience, and global perspective of leading international authors
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish after the publication date

Readership

Allergists and immunologists – practitioners, fellows, and residents

Table of contents

1 Overview of Mucosal Immunity and Pathophysiology of Food Allergy
2 Food Antigens
3 Omic and Systems Biology Approaches to Food Allergy
4 The Epidemiology of Food Allergy
5 Clinical Overview of Adverse Reactions to Foods
6 Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergies
7 Pollen-Food Syndrome
8 Food-Induced Anaphylaxis and Food-Associated Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis
9 Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases (Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Eosinophilic Gastritis, Eosinophilic Enteritis, and Eosinophilic Colitis)
10 Food Protein–Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome, Food Protein–Induced Enteropathy, and Food Protein–Induced Allergic Proctocolitis
11 Approach to the Clinical Diagnosis of a Food Allergy
12 Diagnostic Methods in the Evaluation of Food Allergy
13 Oral Food Challenge Procedures
14 Management of Food Allergy and Development of an Anaphylaxis Treatment Plan
15 Patient Education and Empowerment
16 Natural History and Prevention of a Food Allergy
17 Immunotherapy for Food Allergies: Current and Future Therapies
18 Diets and Nutrition
19 Psychosocial Dynamics in Food Allergies
20 Estimating Value of Food-Allergy Treatments
21 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas: Adverse Reactions to Food Additives, Pharmacologic Food Reactions, and Psychological Considerations Related to Food Ingestion

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Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 21, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

A. Wesley Burks

Editor
Affiliations and expertise
Dean, UNC School of Medicine; CEO of UNC Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Philippe Eigenmann

Editor

Professor Philippe Eigenmann, MD, is a leading expert in pediatric allergy and immunology, serving as Head of Pediatric Allergy at the University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland. He specializes in food allergy research, focusing on early-life allergy development and improved diagnostic methods.

Professor Eigenmann has published over 200 articles in international scientific journals, contributing to global discussions on pediatric allergy and immunology. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, the leading journal in the field, and is on the Editorial Board of Allergy. His work integrates clinical expertise with translational research, shaping guidelines for allergy diagnosis and management.

Beyond his research, Prof. Eigenmann has held key leadership positions, including Chair of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) section on Pediatrics and President of the Swiss Society for Allergy and Immunology. He is also Secretary of the EAACI-Clemens von Pirquet Foundation, promoting research and education in pediatric allergy and immunology.

Affiliations and expertise
Head of Pediatric Allergy, University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Wayne Shreffler

Editor
Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD, received his advanced degrees from New York University. Dr. Shreffler completed his Pediatrics training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his fellowship in Allergy & Immunology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2003, where he was mentored by Drs. Hugh Sampson and Lloyd Mayer. He established himself there as a researcher of immune mechanisms of food allergy and asthma. Dr. Shreffler joined Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in late 2009 to establish a new translational research and clinical care center focused on food allergy, and he became Division Chief of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology in 2011.
Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology; Director, Food Allergy Center; Principal Investigator, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases; Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Yamini Virkud

Editor

Yamini Virkud, MD, MA, MPH, is a physician scientist specializing in the field of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Virkud earned her medical degree from Washington University and completed her residency in pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Dr. Virkud's lab focuses on the phenotyping of different patients with food allergy and understanding the mechanisms of investigational therapies for food allergy.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of UNC FAI Bioinformatics, UNC School of Medicine, USA