Grass Phl p5 aeroallergen quantification in outdoor air samples: correlation wi...

• Author(s): Antunes, Célia M. ; Caldeira, Ana. T. ; Martins, M. Rosário ; Munhoz, V.W. ; Thibaudon, M. ; Carvalho, E. ; Brandão, Rui
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/1559
• Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Subject(s): Imunoensaio; Alergenios polínicos; Quantificação de pólen
• Document Type: Lecture
• Language: English

Description

Currently allergen exposure is estimated from pollen counts in air samples. However, there is not yet enough evidence to establish this technique as a reliable indicator of allergen exposure. Presently, there are a few reliable and sensitive ELISA methods that allow allergen quantification in environmental air samples but none is known to quantify Poaceae allergens. The aim of this work was to develop a novel approach to quantify Phl p5, one of the main allergen from Phleum pratense.