(Italiano) Il campionamento aerosporologico nella città di Taranto. Dati preliminari e miglioramento del challenge diagnostico “in vivo”
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(Italiano) 5° Convegno interregionale SIAIC: Sezione Siculo-Calabra
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6th International Congress on Aerobiology & 8th National Congress Italian Association of Aerobiology
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(Italiano) 7° Convegno interregionale SIAIC & 2° Convegno Interregionale AIA – Sezione Siculo-Calabra
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(Italiano) 6° Convegno interregionale SIAIC & 1° Convegno Interregionale AIA – Sezione Siculo-Calabra
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(Italiano) Habitat e salute: aspetti socio-sanitari e tecnico-ambientalistici
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An epidemiological survey on the allergological importance of some emergine pollens in Italy
An epidemiological survey on the allergological importance of some emergine pollens in Italy.
J. Invest Allegol Clin Immunol; May-June 2000; Vol 10 (3); 155-161
Corsico R, Falagiani P, Ariano R, Berra D, Biale C, Bonifazi F, Campi P, Feliziani V, Frenguelli G, Galimberti M, Gallesio MT, Liccardi G, Loreti A, Marcer G, Marcucci F, Meriggi A, Minelli M, Nardelli R, Nardi G, Negrini CA, Papa G, Piu G, Pozzan M, D’Ambrosio FP, Riva G.
Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS, Pneumology Division, Centro Medico di Riabilitazione di Montescano, Pavia, Italy.
Epidemiological studies on the pollens responsible for allergic diseases throughout Italy are lacking. Routine diagnostic panels consist prevalently of grass, Parietaria, weeds, birch, olive and mugwort. Considering the great variety of Italian geographical areas and the observation of the growing allergological importance of new botanical species (e.g., ambrosia), a survey on pollen species considered “minor” was necessary. A panel of “emerging” pollens (birch, hazelnut, alder, hornbeam, cypress, ragweed) and a routine panel were used to skin prick test 2,934 consecutive outpatients with respiratory pathology of suspected allergic origin, in 21 centers across Italy. A specific questionnaire was compiled. It was found that 20.1% of patients did not react to allergens tested, 28.2% were positive for at least one emerging pollen and 51.7% did not react to emerging pollens but tested positive for at least one allergen from the routine panel. The prevalence of single pollen species was related to geographical areas. Ragweed pollen was shown to provoke asthma much more frequently than other pollens. Hitherto scarcely considered pollens play a considerable role in causing allergic diseases in Italy. In the great majority of patients, positivity for these pollens was associated with positivity to the better recognized group of pollen allergens, although in some cases they were the primary pathogenic agent. We suggest that these more recently considered allergens be included in routine diagnostic panels.
PMID: 10923590 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]