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Author Topic: High prevalence of peanut allergy in US school-age children  (Read 1408 times)

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"High prevalence of peanut allergy in US school-age children"
http://www.aaaai.org/global/latest-research-summaries/Current-JACI-Research/peanut-allergy-school-age.aspx

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The authors found that the prevalence of self-reported peanut allergy in this cohort of US children was 4.6%, higher than previously reported estimates of self-reported peanut allergy among US children of comparable age.

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Application of the most stringent definition for peanut allergy, requiring both laboratory-based peanut sensitization level greater than the 90% specificity decision point and prescribed epinephrine auto-injector, yielded a prevalence of 2.0%.