Anti-Anisakis IgE seroprevalence in the healthy Croatian coastal population and associated risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The main objective of the study was to determine the degree of sensitization to Anisakis spp. antigens in healthy coastal population of Dalmatia given the high thermally unprocessed fish intake rate present in this area, suggested as a significant risk factor for anisakiasis. We performed a monocenter, cross-sectional pilot study stratified by geographic area of residence, conducted at the County secondary healthcare provider Medicine-biochemical Laboratory in Split (Croatia), from November 2010 till December 2011, on 500 unpaid volunteer subjects undergoing routine blood analysis and belonging to the south coast of the Adriatic Sea.

Methodology/principal findings

We studied the IgE seroprevalence to Anisakis spp. Ani s l and Ani s 7 allergens by indirect ELISA in

SUBMITTER: Mladineo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3916232 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature