| Document ID (ISN) | 29903 |
| CIS number |
78-1528 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Revue française d'allergologie et d'immunologie clinique |
| Year |
1978 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sauvaget J., Aerts J., Gacouin J.C. |
| Title |
Two cases of respiratory disease with presence of grain weevil precipitins (Sitophilus granarius). |
| Original title |
A propos de deux cas d'affections respiratoires avec présence de précipitines au charençon du blé (Sitophilus granarius) [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan.-Mar. 1978, Vol.18, No.1, p.1-4. 15 ref. |
| Abstract |
The little-known role of the grain weevil in causing bronchopulmonary disease in subjects exposed to flour is pointed out. Two cases are reported: a millworker suffering from chronic pneumopathy with a severe obstructive syndrome and a flour bagger presenting type I allergy with asthma and positive skin tests and type III asthma with presence of precipitins. Comments on the significance of specific precipitins (anti-Sitophilus) found in both subjects. Conclusion: systematic screening for these precipitins in workers exposed to the grain weevil is useful. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
corn weevil; flour; allergic respiratory disorders; milling industry; precipitation reactions |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
obstructive ventilatory impairment; case study; bronchopulmonary diseases; serum precipitins; skin tests; chronic respiratory diseases; allergic asthma |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Food industry
Animal hazards
Allergies
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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