PMID- 23734859
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140328
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1365-2915 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-283X (Print)
IS  - 0269-283X (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 Sep
TI  - Chironomid midge sensitization in sewage workers: case study.
PG  - 346-8
LID - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01058.x [doi]
AB  - Non-biting chironomid midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) may cause sensitization and 
      allergic reactions in humans and have recently been identified as a potential 
      health problem in Swedish municipal sewage treatment plants. To investigate, on a 
      pilot scale, the allergenic potential of chironomids in sewage workers, all 
      workers (n = 8) at a sewage treatment plant and local controls (n = 16) completed 
      a symptom questionnaire, underwent measurement of the fraction of nitric oxide in 
      exhaled air, spirometry, and provided serum samples for the determination of 
      atopy status and the prevalence of specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies 
      against Chironomus thummi (Chi t) using a commercial fluorescence enzyme 
      immunoassay (FEIA). Three sewage workers (38%) but no controls (0%) were FEIA 
      positive for C. thummi-specific IgE antibodies (P < 0.05). No other 
      health-related findings were significantly different between the groups. The 
      study suggested that occupational exposure to Chironomids may cause sensitization 
      with circulating IgE-antibodies in sewage workers.
CI  - (c) 2013 The Royal Entomological Society.
FAU - Selden, A I
AU  - Selden AI
AD  - Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Orebro University 
      Hospital, Orebro, Sweden. anders.selden@orebroll.se
FAU - Calo, A
AU  - Calo A
FAU - Molleby, G
AU  - Molleby G
FAU - Hultgren, O
AU  - Hultgren O
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130605
PL  - England
TA  - Med Vet Entomol
JT  - Medical and veterinary entomology
JID - 8708682
RN  - 0 (Allergens)
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Allergens/*immunology
MH  - Animals
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Chironomidae/*immunology
MH  - Female
MH  - Fluoroimmunoassay
MH  - Forced Expiratory Volume
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypersensitivity, Immediate/*immunology
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/blood
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Occupational Diseases/*immunology
MH  - Spirometry
MH  - Vital Capacity
MH  - *Waste Disposal, Fluid
PMC - PMC3842108
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chironomus thummi
OT  - IgE
OT  - fluorescence enzyme immunoassay
OT  - sensitization
OT  - sewage treatment
OT  - sewage workers
EDAT- 2013/06/06 06:00
MHDA- 2014/03/29 06:00
CRDT- 2013/06/06 06:00
PHST- 2013/06/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/06/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/03/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01058.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Vet Entomol. 2013 Sep;27(3):346-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01058.x. 
      Epub 2013 Jun 5.