Citrus red mite (Panonychus citri) is the most common sensitizing allergen of asthma and rhinitis in citrus farmers

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1102-1109

  Kim, Y K ^a   Son, J W ^a   Kim, H Y ^b   Park, H S ^b   Lee, M H ^a   Cho, S H ^a   Min, K U ^a   Kim, Y Y ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asthma; Citrus farmer; Citrus red mite; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CITRUS FRUIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CITRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0032774112     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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