PMID- 22524649
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120622
LR  - 20220318
IS  - 2154-4700 (Electronic)
IS  - 1933-8244 (Linking)
VI  - 67
IP  - 2
DP  - 2012
TI  - Prevalence of sensitization to Anisakis simplex among professionally exposed 
      populations in Sicily.
PG  - 91-7
LID - 10.1080/19338244.2011.578683 [doi]
AB  - Anisakis simplex (AS) is a cause of allergic sensitization and potential 
      occupational risk is suggested in fishermen and workers assigned to fish 
      processing and sale. A cross-sectional study was conducted in order to assess 
      possible health effects of occupational exposure to AS in workers recruited from 
      western Sicily fisheries sector. Social, demographic, and occupation-related data 
      were collected. Serum total immunoglobulin E (IgE) and specific IgE levels to AS 
      (threshold >0.35 kU/L) were determined by an fluoroimmunoassay technique. 
      Ninety-four subjects with potential occupational exposure (fishmongers, 
      fishermen, fish industry employees) were recruited. Specific AS IgEs were 
      detected in 20.2% of the study population. AS IgE seroprevalence was elevated 
      6.7-fold (p = .03) among fishermen/sailors compared with fish industry workers. 
      The study suggested the importance to adopt specific prevention strategies 
      against exposure to AS in the occupational setting.
FAU - Mazzucco, Walter
AU  - Mazzucco W
AD  - Dipartimento Scienze Promozione della Salute-Sezione Igiene, University of 
      Palermo, Palermo, Italy. waltermazzucco@unipa.it
FAU - Lacca, Guido
AU  - Lacca G
FAU - Cusimano, Rosanna
AU  - Cusimano R
FAU - Provenzani, Ambra
AU  - Provenzani A
FAU - Costa, Antonella
AU  - Costa A
FAU - Di Noto, Anna Maria
AU  - Di Noto AM
FAU - Massenti, Maria Fatima
AU  - Massenti MF
FAU - Leto-Barone, Maria Stefania
AU  - Leto-Barone MS
FAU - Lorenzo, Gabriele Di
AU  - Lorenzo GD
FAU - Vitale, Francesco
AU  - Vitale F
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Arch Environ Occup Health
JT  - Archives of environmental & occupational health
JID - 101282564
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Animals
MH  - Anisakis/*immunology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Fisheries/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypersensitivity/*epidemiology/immunology
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/blood/immunology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Occupational Diseases/epidemiology
MH  - Occupational Exposure/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sicily/epidemiology
EDAT- 2012/04/25 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/23 06:00
CRDT- 2012/04/25 06:00
PHST- 2012/04/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/04/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/19338244.2011.578683 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arch Environ Occup Health. 2012;67(2):91-7. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2011.578683.