Allergy epidemiology in the St. Louis, Missouri, area. I. Fungi.
1728 patients prick skin tested for eight fungi in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area exhibited overall a rather low level of allergenicity as well as a general lack of cross-reactivity. Alternaria, however, elicited a high allergic reaction in both reactivity level and reaction frequency in the population. Response of pediatric patients was higher than that of adults, and the extract concentration and source varied the allergenic response only slightly.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000485:Allergens; D000528:Alternaria / Q000276:immunology; D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005658:Fungi / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D010407:Penicillium / Q000276:immunology; D011676:Punched-Card Systems; D012882:Skin Tests
D000485:Allergens; D000946:Antigens, Fungal