Prevalence and characteristics of adult shellfish allergy in the United States

Christopher M Warren; Ozge N Aktas; Ruchi S Gupta; Carla M Davis

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2019.07.031

Prevalence and characteristics of adult shellfish allergy in the United States

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Nov;144(5):1435-1438.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.07.031. Epub 2019 Aug 8.

Authors

Christopher M Warren¹, Ozge N Aktas², Ruchi S Gupta³, Carla M Davis⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
³ Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill; Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill; Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research, Outreach, and Advocacy Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: r-gupta@northwestern.edu.
⁴ Section of Immunology, Allergy, Rheumatology and Retrovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.

Abstract

Shellfish allergy affects a substantial proportion of US adults, many of whom develop the disease during adulthood. Crustacean and mollusk allergies have different manifestations including differing symptomatology, geographic distribution, and are often not comorbid.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Allergens / immunology*
Arthropod Proteins / immunology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Shellfish
Shellfish Hypersensitivity / epidemiology*
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult

Substances

Allergens
Arthropod Proteins

Grants and funding

R21 AI135702/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States