Determining the Prevalence of Allergy to Scylla olivacea among Local Atopic Populations

Abdulkadhim Malik Lateef

Abdulkadhim Malik Lateef

Keywords: allergy, mud crab, Scylla olivacea, 2-DE, immunoblotting, mass spectrometry

Abstract

One of the most common food allergies that can cause serious allergic reactions is crab allergy. After eating crab, reports of potentially fatal responses, such as anaphylactic shock, are common. In many Asian nations and other countries to which mud crabs were exported, mud crabs of the species Scylla olivacea are frequently consumed.

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of allergy to S. olivacea among local atopic populations by skin prick test (SPT). Crab proteins were extracted from the mud crab (S. olivacea) flesh. A total of 500 individuals, 234 males and 266 females, with atopic diseases were studied; the number of individuals sensitized to mud crab (S. olivacea) was 112 with precentage of 22%, individuals sensitized to Portunus pelagicus – 162 with precentage of 32%, and individuals sensitized to Charybdis feriatus –106 with precentage of 21%. As a conclusion, this study showed that the prevalence of S. olivacea sensitization among the individuals was 22%. Among the S. olivacea -sensitized individuals, house dust mites triggered the highest frequency of positive SPT reactivity at 98%, followed by aeroallergens and other seafood allergens (96%).

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