Outdoor Allergens

Outdoor allergens.

Outdoor allergens are an important part of the exposures that lead to allergic disease. Understanding the role of outdoor allergens requires a knowledge of the nature of outdoor allergen-bearing particles, the distributions of their source, and the nature of the aerosols (particle types, sizes, dynamics of concentrations). Primary sources for outdoor allergens include vascular plants (pollen, f...

Indoor and outdoor allergens in Bloemfontein.

Common indoor and outdoor aero-allergens in South Africa

Aero-allergens in South Africa that are also encountered around the world are listed in Table I. In addition to this wide range of common aero-allergens, South Africans are also exposed to a full range of food allergens, some of which, e.g. perlemoen (Haliotis midae) and other seafood allergens, are unique to this region. Some may also be encountered during food processing. This review focuses ...

Risk assessment of outdoor airborne biological allergens in India: A review

Airborne biological allergens trigger an allergic response required for the development of atopic disease. Biological allergens are released into the air by wind, rain and active discharge mechanisms. In this review article an attempt has been made to evaluate the published literature on prevalence and types of air borne allergens in India. Important pollen allergens reported from India were: P...

Are profilins relevant allergens or confusion allergens?

Advances in the techniques used to study allergic patients have allowed us to recognize multiple mistakes made in the past, and thus to avoid prescribing patient immunotherapy treatments that are not fully valid. One of the major achievements has been the molecular diagnosis of allergic diseases. In effect, while in the past we only had gross determinations of specific IgE to pollens, we can no...