Indoor allergens

Rare indoor allergens.

Rare allergens in indoor environment are insufficiently recognized. The sources are diverse: they include animal, namely acaride, insect and mammalian allergens or vegetable allergens. The prevalence of sensitization to rare allergens depends on geographical and climatological characteristics, on people's habits and overall on dwelling specificities. Sensitizations to new rare allergens should ...

Indoor Allergens Endanger Health

Between September 1981 and November 1984 the Danish Ovarian Cancer Group (DACOVA) performed two randomised trials. One for adjuvant therapy in stages Ib, Ic and II and one for chemotherapy treatment in stages III and IV. One hundred and twenty patients fulfilled criteria for the early stage protocol but only 60% was randomised. Three hundred and sixty-one fulfilled criteria for the advanced sta...

Indoor exposure to mould allergens.

Humid indoor environments may be colonised by allergenic filamentous microfungi (moulds), Aspergillus spp., Penicillium spp., Cladosporium spp., and Alternaria spp. in particular. Mould-induced respiratory diseases are a worldwide problem. In the last two decades, mould allergens and glucans have been used as markers of indoor exposure to moulds. Recently, mould allergens Alt a 1 (Alternaria al...

Indoor and outdoor allergens in Bloemfontein.

A Nationwide Survey of Inhalant Allergens Sensitization and Levels of Indoor Major Allergens in Korea

PURPOSE The higher prevalence of respiratory allergic disease may be due to increased exposure to inhalation allergens. We conducted a survey of allergic diseases in autumn and winter with detection of major indoor allergens in major cities in Korea. METHODS We enrolled 110 subjects from the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with stratified, cluster, and systematic...