title: [Sensitization to chinchillas on exposure in households]  .
abstract: The contact to chinchilla in households may lead to sensibilization and allergic rhinitis in children and adults. In nasal provocation tests on 6 sensibilized patients suffering on perennial rhinitis and/or asthma one child and three adults showed positive reactions with chinchilla hair extract. Allergen avoidance is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Allergie- und Asthma-Klinik, Bad Lippspringe.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wesarg
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Bergmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002682:Chinchilla / Q000276:immunology*; D006197:Hair / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D009299:Nasal Provocation Tests; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000276:immunology*; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000276:immunology*