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Epidemiology of rare allergic diseases in children
Author(s) -
Mori Francesca,
Barni Simona,
Saretta Francesca,
Castagnoli Riccardo,
Arasi Stefania,
Mastrorilli Carla,
Pecoraro Luca,
Liotti Lucia,
Caminiti Lucia,
Giovannini Mattia,
Novembre Elio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric allergy and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1399-3038
pISSN - 0905-6157
DOI - 10.1111/pai.13359
Subject(s) - medicine , allergy , epidemiology , asthma , population , dermatology , pediatrics , immunology , environmental health
Allergic diseases have different frequencies. In particular, allergic rhinitis and asthma have high frequencies of about 20% and 10%, respectively. Other allergic diseases have lower frequencies; for example, food allergy has a frequency of 1%‐4%. There are also rare allergic diseases, with a prevalence of 5 cases per 10 000 people in the general population, and they are included in Orphanet. However, other extremely rare allergic diseases still need to be properly known in order to be possibly recognized as rare diseases and cataloged in Orphanet.