A study on respiratory allergy problems among local people of Serampore sub-division of West Bengal, India during spring season

• Authors: Salma Sermin , Dipanwita Koley , Ankita Ganguly , Nandini Ghosh , Partha Talukdar
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Allergic over burden increases at an alarming rate worldwide. In India allergy becomes a major health problem from last decade with increasing urbanization. The study is aimed to know the allergic problems among the common people of Serampore sub division of West Bengal, India. A survey was conducted on 100 randomly selected people of the study area. The allergic patients were asked about their time of onset of allergy, duration, symptoms etc. Most of the patients were found to suffer from allergy mostly at spring season. In the study area Moringaoleifera and Buteamonosperma plants were found in large numbers. The antigenic extracts from pollen grains of these plants were prepared and specific IgE against these allergens in the patient sera were determined. Most of the patient showed high IgE titre against the pollen antigen of Moringaoleifera. This is a potent aero-allergen in the study area.

Keywords

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ELISA; Pollen grains; allergy; questionnaire; sensitization

Discipline

• BOTANY: BOTANY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 26
• Pages: 29-35

Contributors

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Salma Sermin

• Department of Botany, Serampore College, Serampore, University of Calcutta, William Carey Road, Hooghly, West Bengal – 712201, India

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Dipanwita Koley

• Department of Botany, Serampore College, Serampore, University of Calcutta, William Carey Road, Hooghly, West Bengal – 712201, India

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Ankita Ganguly

• Department of Distance Education, Vidyasagar University, Paschim Medinipur – 721102, India

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Nandini Ghosh

• Department of Microbiology, Vidyasagar University, Paschim Medinipur – 721102, India

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Partha Talukdar

• Department of Botany, Serampore College, Serampore, University of Calcutta, William Carey Road, Hooghly, West Bengal – 712201, India

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• Document Type: article