COVID-19: When dust mites and lockdown create the perfect storm

Matteo Gelardi; Eleonora M C Trecca; Francesca Fortunato; Lucia Iannuzzi; Pier Gerardo Marano; Nicola A A Quaranta; Michele Cassano

doi:10.1002/lio2.439

COVID-19: When dust mites and lockdown create the perfect storm

Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2020 Aug 11;5(5):788-790. doi: 10.1002/lio2.439. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Matteo Gelardi¹, Eleonora M C Trecca¹, Francesca Fortunato², Lucia Iannuzzi³, Pier Gerardo Marano¹, Nicola A A Quaranta³, Michele Cassano¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University Hospital of Foggia Foggia Italy.
² Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences University of Foggia Foggia Italy.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of Bari "Aldo Moro" Bari Italy.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to understand if the course of the disease of patients suffering from dust mite allergy could have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 restrictions, which have been certainly important to fight the pandemic, but forced patients to stay at home for a long time.

Publication types

Editorial