@Article{Basista2012,
journal="Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii",
issn="1642-395X",
volume="29",
number="5",
year="2012",
title="Original paperBee pollen allergy in Polish beekeepers and their families",
abstract=" Introduction:  A bee pollen allergy is rare and often confused with a pollen allergy. The possibility of inducing an allergy in pollen allergic patients by bee pollen is still controversial.   Aim : To determine the prevalence of bee pollen allergy in beekeepers and their families and its possible association with other conditions.    Material and methods:  The questionnaire study was carried out on 493 Polish beekeepers. The questionnaire was based on the current literature and touched on several aspects of a bee products allergy.    Results : Only 19.4% (493 from 2540 questionnaires sent) of questionnaires were returned by 15 October 2011. From the total group, only 2 beekeepers reported adverse reactions after bee pollen ingestion. They presented only minor reactions. From 493 beekeepers, 43 responders reported other allergies. From that group, no one reported a concomitant bee pollen allergy. Additionally, beekeepers reported only 22 cases of bee pollen intolerance among their customers and in family members a bee pollen allergy occurred in 0.56% of cases.    Conclusions : This preliminary study provides some new aspects on the bee pollen allergy. The thesis that a bee pol­len allergy is associated with the occurrence of proteins from bee saliva rather than the occurrence of anemophilous plant pollen should be evaluated in future studies.",
author="Basista, Katarzyna
and Filipek, Barbara
and Sodzawiczny, Krystian",
pages="343--347",
doi="10.5114/pdia.2012.31486",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2012.31486"
}