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Reaginic allergy to Parthenium pollen : evaluation by skin test and RAST
Author(s) -
RAO M.,
PRAKASH O.,
RAO P. V. SUBBA
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1985.tb02294.x
Subject(s) - parthenium , parthenium hysterophorus , pollen , allergy , asthma , medicine , immunology , dermatology , biology , botany , weed
Summary The pollen of Parthenium hysterophorus , an alien weed growing wild in India was found to be a potential source of allergic rhinitis. A clinical survey showed that 34% of the patients suffering from rhinitis and 12% suffering from bronchial asthma gave positive skin‐prick test reactions to Parthenium pollen antigen extracts. Parthenium ‐specific IgE was detected in the sera of sixteen out of twenty‐four patients suffering from seasonal rhinitis. There was 66% correlation between skin test and RAST.