Sensitization to environmental antigens in asthmatic children from a central Italian area

The Science of the Total Environment
M VeriniF Chiarelli

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the frequency of respiratory allergens in different age groups of asthmatic atopic children in the Chieti-Pescara area. We examined a pediatric population (507 children) aged between 1 to 17 years (mean 6.62 +/- 2.9). All the children were submitted to a panel of skin prick tests (SPT) for 12 common aeroallergens: Grass Pollens (G.), Parietaria (P.), Olive (O.), Artemisia (A.), Ragweed (R.), Dermatophagoides Pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides Farinae (D.P. & D.F.), Cat and Dog dander (C.D.), Feathers (F.), Alternaria (Al.), Aspergillus (As.). All the subjects gave positive result to one or more allergens. The population was subdivided in to 4 groups according to their age (Group A: 1-3 years; Group B: 4-6 years; Group C: 7-9 years; Group D: 10-17 years). In each age group, we determined the number of subjects with 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 and more than 5 positive SPT and the prevalence of positive SPT for different allergens. We found that 74% of 507 patients showed positive reaction to Dermatophagoides Pt, 71% to Dermatophagoides Fa, 45% to Grass, 23% to Parietaria, 21% to Olive, 17% to Artemisia, 17% to Cat's or Dog's danders, 13% to Alternaria, 5.9% to Ragweed, 5.9% to Feathers, and 4% to Aspergill...Continue Reading

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