Early‐life house dust mite allergens, childhood mite sensitization, and respiratory outcomes

• Published in: Allergy (Copenhagen) Vol. 70; no. 7; pp. 820 - 827
• Main Authors: Casas, L., Sunyer, J., Tischer, C., Gehring, U., Wickman, M., Garcia‐Esteban, R., Lehmann, I., Kull, I., Reich, A., Lau, S., Wijga, A., Antó, J. M., Nawrot, T. S., Heinrich, J., Keil, T., Torrent, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age Factors; Allergens - immunology; allergens and epitopes; Allergies; Animals; Antigens, Dermatophagoides - immunology; Arthropods; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma - immunology; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Dermatophagoides farinae; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; epidemiology; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Hypersensitivity - epidemiology; Hypersensitivity - immunology; Immune system; Infant; Male; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Odds Ratio; Patient Outcome Assessment; pediatrics; Pyroglyphidae - immunology; Respiratory Sounds - immunology; Europe; epidemiology; allergens and epitopes; pediatrics

Background Exposure to indoor allergens during early life may play a role in the development of the immune system and inception of asthma. Objective To describe the house dust mite (HDM) allergen concentrations in bedroom dust during early life and to evaluate its associations with HDM sensitization...