| Document ID (ISN) | 111471 |
| CIS number |
11-0125 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1077-3525 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
2009 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Romeo L., Dalle Molle K., Zanoni G., Peretti A., Marangi G., Conrado L.G.L., Aragón A., Perbellini L. |
| Title |
Respiratory health effects and immunological response to thermoactinomyces among sugar cane workers in Nicaragua |
| Bibliographic information |
3rd quarter 2009, Vol.15, No.3, p.249-254. 29 ref. |
| Abstract |
Specific sensitization and respiratory effects associated with the inhalation of sugar cane dust were evaluated in a group of 51 Nicaraguan workers exposed to bagasse. A questionnaire interview, lung function test, serum precipitin tests for Thermoactinomyces sacchari and T. vulgaris, and IgE tests for specific environmental allergens were performed for each worker. Twenty-one workers reported at least one respiratory symptom and 16 reported possible symptoms of bagassosis. Six workers demonstrated acute symptoms, one had chronic symptoms, and nine had the reacutized form of the disease. A higher proportion of precipitin response to T. sacchari and T. vulgaris was found in workers reporting symptoms suggestive of acute bagassosis. A possible restrictive ventilatory pattern was observed in eight subjects and a mild airway obstruction in one subject. Implications of these findings are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Nicaragua; sugar cane; organic dust; sensitizers; respiratory diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
bagasse; bacterial toxins; symptoms; farmer's lung; immunoglobulins; determination in blood; spirometry; questionnaire survey; biological hazards |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Biological hazards
Agriculture
OSH in developing countries
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