Differences in the presence of allergens among several types of indoor environments.
Exposure to indoor allergens can occur both at home and in public places such as schools and workplaces. To investigate and compare the presence of indoor allergens in different kind of environments (schools, offices and homes), dust samples were collected from furniture, desks, mattresses and floors with a standardized procedure. Samples were analyzed for Der p 1, Der f 1, Mite group 2 (mites) and Fel d 1(cat) by monoclonal antibody ELISA assay. Mite allergens were detected with low frequencies in schools and workplaces and with high frequency in homes. Fel d 1 was found with high frequency in every examined environment. Homes rather than public places can represent the environment where people can easier incur in mite allergy. All environments could be at risk for cat allergen exposure.
Brunetto
Barbara
B
Centro Nazionale per la Ricerca e la Valutazione dei Prodotti Immunobiologici, Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie ed Immunomediate, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. barbara.brunetto@iss.it
Barletta
Bianca
B
Brescianini
Sonia
S
Masciulli
Rosalba
R
Perfetti
Luca
L
Moscato
Gianna
G
Frusteri
Liliana
L
Schirru
Maria Antonietta
MA
Pini
Carlo
C
Di Felice
Gabriella
G
Iacovacci
Patrizia
P
D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D000485:Allergens / Q000032:analysis*; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012574:Schools; D017132:Workplace
D000485:Allergens; D004391:Dust