Distribution and determinants of mouse allergen exposure in low-income New York City apartments
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Previous studies of mouse allergens and laboratory-animal-worker-related allergy and asthma suggest that quantifying mouse allergen levels in homes could augment our understanding of inner-city asthma. We hypothesized that levels of mouse allergen in inner-city homes would be related to certain household characteristics. Dust samples were collected from the kitchens and beds of 221 mothers enrolled in a prospective birth cohort study, 92 of African American and 129 of Dominican ethnicity. Samples were analyzed for mouse urinary protein. The geometric mean for kitchen samples was 4.6 micro g/g [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 3.2-6.5] and for bed samples was 0.9 micro g/g (95% CI, 0.8-1.1). The variables associated with mouse allergen levels in the home were frequency of mouse sightings, use of traps or pesticides for mice, presence of holes in ceilings or walls, absence of a cat, and living in a building with fewer than eight floors. Statistically significant neighborhood differences in levels of mouse allergen and report of rodents in the home were also observed. In conclusion, mouse allergen was prevalent among inner-city apartments, and the positive predictive value of self-reported frequent mouse sightings was high (90% for kitchens). However, high levels of mouse allergen were also found in many homes where mothers reported never seeing mice.
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Poorly maintained housing, indicated by wall and door cracks, mouse sightings, and cockroach presence, is associated with higher mouse allergen levels.
“Poorly maintained housing, characterized by wall and door cracks, sighting of mice, and the presence of cockroaches has been linked to increased levels of mouse allergens (32,43,44).”
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The abstract (p. 1348) links mouse sightings and holes in ceilings or walls to higher mouse allergen levels. It does not identify door cracks as a measured characteristic. The Discussion (p. 1350) reports no association between cockroach allergen and mouse allergen in bedrooms, so this paper does not support the claimed link with cockroach presence. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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(2005) · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · doi:10.1016/s0091-6749(05)00081-3
- Authors
- Chew, G. L., Perzanowski, M. S., Miller, R. L., Correa, J. C., Hoepner, L. A., Jusino, C. M., Becker, M. G., & Kinney, P. L.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- Venue
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2003-08-01
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1348-1351
- ISSN
- 0091-6765 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-9924
- PMC
- PMC1241617
- OpenAlex
- W1999565260
- Cited by
- 88
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 3.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor, 5264 d)
- Locations
- Environmental Health Perspectives (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SUNY Digital Repository Support (State University of New York System) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r21es009142-04)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (ES 09089, ES09600, ES 09142, P30ES009089)
- National Center for Research Resources (RR 00645, M01RR000645)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Keywords
- mouse allergen, house dust, inner-city asthma, low-income housing, apartment buildings, rodent infestation, household characteristics, African American mothers, birth cohort, urinary protein, neighborhood differences, New York City
- MeSH terms
- Allergens, Animals, Black or African American, Cockroaches, Dominican Republic, Dust, Environmental Exposure, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Housing, Humans, New York City, Poverty, Pregnancy, Cohort Studies, Mice
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