Artemisia pollen allergy in China: Component-resolved diagnosis reveals allergic asthma patients have significant multiple allergen sensitization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Artemisia pollen allergy is a major cause of asthma in Northern China. Possible associations between IgE responses to Artemisia allergen components and clinical phenotypes have not yet been evaluated. This study was to establish sensitization patterns of four Artemisia allergens and possible associations with demographic characteristics and clinical phenotypes in three areas of China.

Methods

Two hundred and forty patients allergic to Artemisia pollen were examined, 178 from Shanxi and 30 from Shandong Provinces in Northern China, and 32 from Yunnan Province in Southwestern China. Allergic asthma, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and eczema symptoms were diagnosed. All patients' sera were tested by ImmunoCAP with mugwort pollen extract and the natural components nArt v 1

SUBMITTER: Gao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6587742 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature