Occupational Asthma Reference
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Harindranath N, Prakash O, Subba Rao PV,
Prevalence of occupational asthma in silk filatures,
Ann Allergy,
1985;55:511-515,
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Keywords: oa, prevalence, as , ep, cross sectional, pt, IgE, cocoon, pupa, india
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Abstract
A clinical survey in two silk filatures revealed that 36.2% of the persons engaged in the processing of natural silk were suffering from bronchial asthma, while 16.9% of the total subjects had asthma of occupational origin. Skin prick tests using crude silkworm cocoon and pupal allergen extracts revealed that 28.8% of the subjects were sensitive to the silkworm-derived allergens. IgE antibodies specific to both cocoon and pupal allergens were demonstrable by RAST in the sera of patients with positive skin reactions and occupational asthma.
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