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IgE serum concentration against airborne fungi in children with respiratory allergies

Overview of attention for article published in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, April 2016
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Title
IgE serum concentration against airborne fungi in children with respiratory allergies
Published in
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, April 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13223-016-0128-y
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Geusa Felipa de Barros Bezerra, Denise Maria Costa Haidar, Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva, Walbert Edson Muniz Filho, Ramon Moura dos Santos, Ivone Garros Rosa, Graça Maria de Castro Viana, Luís Zaror, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento

Abstract

To evaluate total and specific E immunoglobulin (IgE) antibody concentrations in underage subjects with respiratory allergic diseases. This study was a transversal-type study in 100 underage subjects between 4 and 14 years old, with asthma and/or allergic rhinitis. Total and specific IgE were quantified for airborne fungi in the city of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. Five distinct regions-North, South, Center, East and West-were selected so fungi could be collected monthly for 1 year. Twenty genera were identified. Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium and Neurospora were selected for the preparation of sensitizing antigens from ELISA dishes. IgE total concentrations were estimated using the same method. IgE total serum concentration was increased in 97 % of the atopic subjects: 75 % of the subjects presented increased IgE anti-Aspergillus concentrations, 87 % presented IgE anti-Penicillium, 45 % presented IgE anti-Fusarium, and 46 % presented IgE anti-Neurospora. Atopic subjects presented simultaneous IgE total and specific elevations for the tested fungi, possibly due to polysensitization caused by the presence of fungi in all of the areas all year. However, determining the clinical significance of the results was not yet possible because most of the data were isolated variables.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 3 16%
Student > Postgraduate 3 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 16%
Researcher 2 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 6 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 26%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 11%
Environmental Science 2 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 11%
Engineering 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 7 37%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 May 2016.
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#15,169,543
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#8
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