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Mite faeces are a major source of house dust allergens

Overview of attention for article published in Nature, February 1981
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6 news outlets
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1 blog
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1 policy source
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2 patents
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1 Wikipedia page
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2 YouTube creators

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Title
Mite faeces are a major source of house dust allergens
Published in
Nature, February 1981
DOI 10.1038/289592a0
Pubmed ID
Authors

E. R. Tovey, M. D. Chapman, T. A. E. Platts-Mills

Abstract

The association between house dust allergy and asthma has long been recognized, and it has been demonstrated that a major allergen in house dust is related to the presence of mites of the genus Dermatophagoides. Using extracts of mite culture for skin testing, as many as 10% of the population and up to 90% of allergic asthmatics give positive immediate reactions. Although mites may occasionally become airborne during bed-making, it has also been demonstrated that they 'secrete or excrete' some allergen. Recently, we have shown that up to three-quarters of the serum IgE antibodies to mites are directed against a major allergen-antigen P1 (molecular weight 24,000). Using a radioimmunoassay it is possible to measure the concentration of this glycoprotein in both dust samples and mite cultures. These measurements, which are reported here, show that more than 95% of the allergen accumulating in mite cultures is associated with faecal particles.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Japan 1 2%
Netherlands 1 2%
Unknown 58 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 12 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 17%
Student > Bachelor 7 12%
Student > Master 5 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Other 10 17%
Unknown 13 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 30%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 12%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 7%
Environmental Science 2 3%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 16 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 64. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 March 2024.
All research outputs
#630,206
of 24,495,755 outputs
Outputs from Nature
#25,311
of 95,190 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#83
of 29,877 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature
#6
of 118 outputs
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