Medical and Veterinary Impact of the Urticating Processionary Larvae
2015
Moneo, Ignacio | Battisti, Andrea | Dufour, Barbara | García-Ortiz, José Carlos | González-Muñoz, Miguel | Moutou, François | Paolucci, Paolo | Petrucco Toffolo, Edoardo | Rivière, Julie | Rodríguez-Mahillo, Ana Isabel | Roques, Alain | Roques, Lionel | Maria Vega, Jose | Vega, Jesús | Instituto de Salud Carlos III [Madrid] (ISCIII) | Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd) | École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA) | Rio Hortega University Hospital (Hospital Universitario Río Hortega) [Valladolid, Spain] (RHUH) | Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) | Biostatistique et Processus Spatiaux (BioSP) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. This chapter presents recent findings on the impact of processionary moths on human and animal health. The data obtained demonstrate that setae can be dispersed kms away from their origin, a fact that explains why some sensitized subjects experience symptoms without a direct contact with larvae. The presence of allergens present in setae, the immune response to these allergens and the epidemiological aspects of the impact on humans and animals are described. A software (URTIRISK) has been developed that allows to observe the evolution of the allergic risk associated with the presence of pine processionary moth, through-out the French territory.
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