TY - JOUR
T1 - Indoor Environmental Interventions for Furry Pet Allergens, Pest Allergens, and Mold
T2 - Looking to the Future
AU - Ahluwalia, Sharon K.
AU - Matsui, Elizabeth C.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Over the last 2 to 3 decades, significant advances have been made in understanding the role that indoor allergen exposures play with regard to respiratory health. Multiple studies have confirmed that sensitization and exposure to indoor allergens can be a risk factor for asthma morbidity. Environmental interventions targeting key indoor allergens have been evaluated with the aims of examining their causal effects on asthma-related outcomes and identifying clinically efficacious interventions to incorporate into treatment recommendations. Historically, it appeared that the most successful intervention, as performed in the Inner-City Asthma Study, was individually tailored, targeting multiple allergens in a predominantly low-income, minority, and urban pediatric population. Recent studies suggest that single-allergen interventions may be efficacious when targeting the most clinically relevant allergen for a population. In this article, we review recent literature on home environmental interventions and their effects on specific indoor allergen levels and asthma-related outcomes.
AB - Over the last 2 to 3 decades, significant advances have been made in understanding the role that indoor allergen exposures play with regard to respiratory health. Multiple studies have confirmed that sensitization and exposure to indoor allergens can be a risk factor for asthma morbidity. Environmental interventions targeting key indoor allergens have been evaluated with the aims of examining their causal effects on asthma-related outcomes and identifying clinically efficacious interventions to incorporate into treatment recommendations. Historically, it appeared that the most successful intervention, as performed in the Inner-City Asthma Study, was individually tailored, targeting multiple allergens in a predominantly low-income, minority, and urban pediatric population. Recent studies suggest that single-allergen interventions may be efficacious when targeting the most clinically relevant allergen for a population. In this article, we review recent literature on home environmental interventions and their effects on specific indoor allergen levels and asthma-related outcomes.
KW - Asthma
KW - Childhood asthma
KW - Cockroach allergen
KW - Environmental interventions
KW - Fungal allergens
KW - Furry pet allergens
KW - Indoor allergens
KW - Inner-city asthma
KW - Mouse allergen
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.10.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.10.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 29310769
AN - SCOPUS:85041358365
SN - 2213-2198
VL - 6
SP - 95-98.e3
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
IS - 1
ER -