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"A population-based study on peanut, tree nut, fish, shellfish, and sesame allergy prevalence in Canada"
[url]http://tinyurl.com/26fyxbh[/url]Quotesesame, 0.10% (95% CI, 0.04%-0.17%)
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"US prevalence of self-reported peanut, tree nut, and sesame allergy: 11-year follow-up."
[url]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20462634[/url]QuoteSesame allergy was reported by 0.1% (95% CI, 0.0% to 0.2%)
"Food Allergy in Kids Not Being Optimally Diagnosed"
[url]http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/753505[/url]QuoteThe survey involved 40,104 children; of these, investigators identified 3339 children with food allergy.Quoteoral food challenge was done in just 15.6% of childrenQuoteFormal diagnoses were most frequently confirmed by oral food challenge for milk allergy (22.4%), soy (19.2%), peanut (16.1%), wheat (15.5%), shellfish (14.4%), tree nut (12.6%), egg (12.4%), sesame (11.2%), and fin fish (9.1%).
CONCLUSION: Population-based prevalence estimates for allergies to plant products determined by the diagnostic gold standard are scarce. There was considerable heterogeneity in the prevalence estimates of sensitization or perceived allergic reactions to plant food.