4015 Incidence of Allergy to Artemisia Vulgaris and Salsola Kali In Sabzevar City

Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Poster Hall (Cancún Center)

Zahra Matloobi, M.A , Student of Tarbiat Modares University, Sabzevar, Iran

Background:

Artemisia vulgaris and Salsola kali are common plants in North hemisphere (e.g. in Iran).

the pollens of Artemisia vulgaris is major aeroallergen in late summer .usually 10-14% patients that suffering from allergic rhinitis in summer have allergy to Artemisia vulgaris.

  The pollens of Salsola kali is major aeroallergen in early summer. usually 53-76% patients that suffering from  allergic rhinitis in summer have allergy to Salsola kali.

Methods:

 In one search in Sabzevar, we study on 47 patients whit allergic rhinitis .they were tested whit prick test

Results:

In this study, were known that 27 patients (58%)  had allergy to Artemisia vulgaris and 43 patients (92%)  had allergy to Salsola kali.

Conclusions:

This study were shown that incidence of allergy to Artemisia vulgaris and Salsola kali in Sabzevar is more common than usual.