African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

A study of atopic diseases in Basrah

Ihsan Edan Alsaimary
Departement of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Basrah P. O. Box 696 Ashar, Basrah 42001, Iraq.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 30 October 2008
  •  Published: 19 November 2008

Abstract

 

A study of atopic diseases; allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis were carried out in this investigation. From 174 patients, 39.08% has atopic dermatitis, while 33.90 and 27.01% have bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis, respectively. Males has a greater percentage of bronchial asthma than females (p<0.01), while females has a greater percentage of allergic rhinitis (p<0.01) and atopic dermatitis (p<0.05).

 

Key word: Atopy, inflammation, allergic, asthma.