Publications

abstracts from the iii european colloquium on renal physiology. university of uppsala, sweden june 17--20, 1979.		1979	37628
survey on the allergic status in a turkish population in sweden.	a limited survey on the allergic status and total ige was performed on 205 persons of turkish origin aged between 16 and 76 years living in stockholm, uppsala, sweden in 1990. a questionnaire was mailed to 205 persons and was returned by 92%. 71 persons were randomly selected among those who returned the questionnaire, and were examined after an interview, skin-prick test (spt) and total ige levels were also measured. the atopy prevalence of the randomly selected group of turks was found 32.4%. ...	1993	8328351
skin prick tests and specific ige in adults from three different areas of sweden.	the aims of this part of the european respiratory health survey were to estimate the prevalence of atopic sensitization to inhalant allergens among adults in three different areas of sweden and to investigate the association between sensitization and certain risk factors. randomly selected subjects aged 20-46 years from göteborg, uppsala, and västerbotten were investigated with the skin prick test (spt), analyses for specific ige antibodies in serum (specific ige) and total serum immunoglobulin ...	1996	8863923
prevalence of pneumonyssoides caninum infection in dogs in sweden.	a prospective study of 474 dogs, 145 cats, and 66 wild red foxes submitted for necropsy to the departments of pathology at the national veterinary institute and the swedish university of agricultural sciences, uppsala, sweden, was conducted to examine for the presence of pneumonyssoides caninum, the canine nasal mite. pneumonyssoides caninum (p. caninum) was found in 95 (20%) of the dogs but in none of the cats or foxes. the median number of p. caninum mites per infected dog was 13 (range, 1 to ...	2001	11450833
bartonella spp. seroprevalence in healthy swedish blood donors.	serum samples were collected from healthy blood donors in 5 regions in sweden in 1999, i.e. from the local blood centres (collecting facilities) in boden, jönköping, lund, skövde, and uppsala. in total, 498 serum samples (63% males, 37% females) were received and tested by immunofluorescence assay for antibodies against b. elizabethae, b. grahamii, b. henselae (houston-1), b. henselae (marseille), b. quintana, and b. vinsonii subsp. vinsonii. an overall bartonella spp. seroprevalence of 16.1% wa ...	2005	16191889
a comparative study of asthma, pollen, cat and dog allergy among pupils and allergen levels in schools in taiyuan city, china, and uppsala, sweden.	we compared the school environment, asthma and allergy in 10 schools in taiyuan, china, with eight schools in uppsala, sweden. in total 2193 pupils (mean age 13 years) participated. chinese pupils had more respiratory symptoms, particularly daytime breathlessness after exercise (29.8% vs. 7.1%; p < 0.001), while cat allergy (1.2% vs. 6.6%; p < 0.001) and dog allergy (1.3% vs. 4.0%; p < 0.01) was less common. cumulative incidence of asthma (1.8% vs. 9.5%; p < 0.001) and doctor's diagnosed asthma ...	2006	17100662