Sensitization to common allergens, especially pollens, among children with respiratory allergy in the Trakya region of Turkey

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dc.authorwosidYazicioglu, Mehtap/AAB-9587-2022
dc.contributor.authorYazicioglu, M
dc.contributor.authorOner, N
dc.contributor.authorCeltik, C
dc.contributor.authorOkutan, O
dc.contributor.authorPala, O
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:19:18Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:19:18Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAsthma and allergic rhinitis are common problems in children and the causative pollen allergens vary according to the geographical area. The aim of this study was to investigate patterns of sensitization to common inhalant allergens, especially pollens, in Turkish children living in the Trakya region and to determine differences between rural and urban areas. Allergen skin testing was prospectively performed on 5:19 children aged between 4 and 17 years with respiratory allergy. The reaction was considered to be positive if the mean wheal diameter was at least 3 mm greater than that of the negative controls. We detected positive skin reactions in 420 (77.9%) children. Two hundred and eighty-one (52.1%) mite, 277 (51.4%) pollen, 174 (32.3%) mold, 65 (12.1%) animal dander, 12 (2.2%) cockroach and 6 (1.1%) latex skin sensitivities were detected. Among the pollen allergies 173 were cereal pollen (32.1%), 170 grass pollen (31.5%) and 144 tree pollen allergies (26.7%). The most common positive skin test among the pollens was to cultivated wheat (Titicum vulgare) (n = 116, 21,5%), followed by rye grass (Lolium perenne) and orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata). Positive skin reactions to Alternaria, to Candida albicans, and to all pollens except Ulmus competris, Pinus sylvetris, Platanus vulgaris and Tilia platyphyllos, were higher in children with allergic rhinitis than in those with asthma. In children from rural areas, allergic skin reactivity was found to be more common against Candida albicans, sheep dander and all pollens except Corylus avellana, Fraxinus excelsior, Populus alba, Pinus sylvetris, Platanus vulgaris and Chenopodium album, than in urban children. Although Trakya is close to Greece and other Mediterranean countries, this study suggests that the pollens, which sensitize children, are not similar.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage190en_US
dc.identifier.issn0125-877X
dc.identifier.issn2228-8694
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid15783130en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-14844344009en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage183en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/25161
dc.identifier.volume22en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000227348700002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAllergy Immunol Soc Thailand,en_US
dc.relation.ispartofAsian Pacific Journal Of Allergy And Immunologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectMediterranean Areaen_US
dc.subjectAsthmatic-Childrenen_US
dc.subjectAir-Pollutionen_US
dc.subjectDiseasesen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectCockroachen_US
dc.subjectRhinitisen_US
dc.subjectLifeen_US
dc.titleSensitization to common allergens, especially pollens, among children with respiratory allergy in the Trakya region of Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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