Table 2--Biological Agents Associated with Occupational Asthma
Agent Name |
Other Name or Comments |
Industry or Occupation |
| Animal-Derived Proteins | ||
| Frog | Frog catcher | |
| Egg protein | Egg producer | |
| Milk protein | Casein | Dairy industry, Tanner, |
| Farm animals | Animal dander | Agricultural worker, Poultry worker, Butcher |
| Laboratory animals | Laboratory worker | |
| Bat guano | Bat droppings | Various |
| Bovine serum albumin | Laboratory worker | |
| Deer dander | Farmer | |
| Endocrine glands | Pharmacist | |
| Ivory dust | Ivory worker | |
| Mink urine | Farmer | |
| Monkey dander | Laboratory worker | |
| Anisakis simplex (nematode) | Chicken breeder; Fish monger | |
| Aquatic Animal Allergens | ||
| Hoya | Sea-squirt | Oyster farm worker |
| Crab | Snow crab | Snow crab processor |
| Prawn | Prawn processor | |
| Lobster | Fish shop worker | |
| Fish | Trout processor, deep-sea fisher | |
| Shrimpmeal | Technician | |
| Red soft coral | Dendronephthytia nipponica | Fisherman |
| Daphnia | Water flea (a small freshwater crustacean.) | Fish food storage worker |
| Nacre | Mother-of-pearl | Nacre (mother-of-pearl) button maker |
| Cuttle-fish bone | Fisherman | |
| Marine sponge | Laboratory grinder | |
| Biological Enzymes | ||
| Esperase | Detergent industry | |
| Fungal amyloglucosidase & hemicellulase | Baker | |
| Fungal amylase | Baker | |
| Papain | Pharmaceutical | |
| Egg lysosyme | Pharmaceutical | |
| Flaviastase | Pharmaceutical | |
| Subtilisins | Detergent industry | |
| Pancreatin | Pharmaceutical | |
| Pepsin | Pharmaceutical | |
| Trypsin | Plastic and pharmaceutical | |
| Bromelin | Pharmaceutical | |
| Serratial peptidase | Pharmaceutical | |
| Fungal pectinase & glucanase | Food Processing | |
| Fungal lactase | Formulating and Packaging | |
| Fungal xylanase | Laboratory workers | |
| Phytase | Animal-feed mixers | |
| Insect-Derived Allergens | ||
| L. Caesar larvae | Angler | |
| Grain mite | Farmer, grain storage worker | |
| Locust | Laboratory worker | |
| Screw worm fly | Flight crew | |
| Cricket | Laboratory worker | |
| Moth | Entomologist | |
| Butterfly | Entomologist | |
| Echinidorus larva | Echinodorus plamosus | Aquarium keeper |
| Fruit fly | Laboratory worker | |
| Silkworm | Silk worker | |
| Sericin | Silk gum; gelatinous protein on raw silk | Hairdresser |
| Fowl mite | Poultry worker | |
| Barn mite | Farmer | |
| Acarians (mites) | Panonychus Ulmi, P. citri | Apple and citrus growers |
| Sheep blowfly | Technician | |
| Larva of silkworm | Sericulture | |
| Lesser mealworm | Grain and poultry worker | |
| Mexican bean weevil | Seed house worker | |
| Bee moth | Fish bait breeder | |
| Honeybee | Honey processor | |
| Beetles | Coleoptera | Museum curator; Wool worker; Mechanic in rye plant; |
| Chironomid midges | Bloodworms | Fish-food factory workers |
| Ground bugs | Bottling worker | |
| Mealworm larvae | Fish-bait handlers | |
| Sewer fly | Sewage plant workers | |
| Wheat weevil | Millworkers | |
| Plant-Derived Allergens | ||
| Flour (wheat, rye and soya) | Bakers & millers | |
| Tobacco leaf | Tobacco manufacturer | |
| Lycopodium | Moss spores; A fine yellow powder used as an absorbent and lubricant; | Condom manufacturer |
| Henna | Hairdresser | |
| Garlic | Food packager | |
| Onion | Homemakers | |
| Tea | Tea processor | |
| Castor bean | Oil industry | |
| Coffee bean (green) | Food processor | |
| Grain dust | Grain elevator worker | |
| Latex | Glove manufacturer | |
| Allergens, flowers |
Limonium
tataricum--floral worker; Baby's breath (Gypsophila
paniculata)--florist; Roses--rose grower; Bells of Ireland (Molucella laevis)--grower; |
|
| Allergens, garden and greenhouse |
Bell peppers--greenhouse workers; Amaryllis
(Belladonna lily)--greenhouse worker; Solamum melongena (eggplant)--greenhouse worker; Stepanotis floribunda--greenhouse workers; Umbrella tree (Schefflera)--landscape gardener; Grass juice--gardener; Phoenix canariensis (canary palm pollen)--gardener; Weeping fig--plant keeper; Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea)--greenhouse worker; Freesia--horticulturist; Paprika--horticulturist; Tetranychus urticae (red spider mite)--farmers; greenhouse workers; Amblyseius cucumeris (predatory mite used to control thrips, a common pest of bell peppers)--horticulturists; |
|
| Allergens, baking industry |
Flour (wheat, rye and soya)--bakers or millers Gluten--baker; Buckwheat--baker; Lathyrus sativus (grass pea)--flour handlers; Soybean lecithin--bakers; Saccharomyees cerevisiae (baker's yeast)--baker; |
|
| Allergens, processing plant extracts |
Rose hips--pharmaceutical worker; Herb material--herbal worker; Licorice root--herbalist; Sarsaparilla root--herbal tea worker; Brazil
ginseng--medicinal plant processor; Passiflora alata & Rhamnus purshiana--pharmacy technician; Camomile--cosmetician; |
|
| Allergens, spice processing |
Spices--spices
processing; |
|
| Allergens, food processing |
Chicory--vegetable wholesaler; Carob
bean--jam factory; Cacoon seed--decorator; Onion
seed--seed packing; Courgette
(zucchini)--fruit warehouse; Peach--factory
worker; Potato--housewives; Sunflower pollen Hops--brewery chemist |
|
| Vegetable Gums | ||
| Guar | Carpet manufacturer | |
| Karaya | Hairdresser | |
| Acacia | Printer | |
| Tragacanth | Gum importer | |
| Wood Dusts | ||
| Abiruana | Lacuma spp. (Pouteria spp.) | |
| African maple | Triplochiton scleroxylon | |
| African zebra | Microberlinia spp. | |
| American mahogany | Swietenia mahogani; | |
| Antiaris | Antiaris africana | Door manufacturing |
| Ash | Fraxinus americana | |
| Australian blackwood | Acacia melanoxylon | Furniture manufacturing |
| Brazilian walnut | Cordia goeldiana HUBER; | Furniture manufacturing |
| Cabreuva | Myyrocarpus fastigiatus Fr. All. | Parquet floor layer |
| California redwood | Sequoia sempervirens | Wood carver, carpenter |
| Cedar of Lebanon | Cedra libani | |
| Central American Walnut | Juglans olanchana | |
| Cinnamon | Cinnamomum Zeylanicum | |
| Cocabolla | Dalbergia retusa | |
| Colophony | Gum rosin; wood rosin; tall oil rosin; abietic acid | |
| Eastern white cedar | Thuja occidentalis | Sawmill worker |
| Ebony | Diospyros crassiflora | |
| Fernambouc | Caisalpinia echinata | Bow making |
| Iroko | Chlorophora excelsa | Carpenter |
| Kejaat | Pterocarpus angolensis | |
| Kotibe | Nesorgordonia papverifera | |
| Makore | Tieghemella heckelii | Carpenter |
| Mukali | Angineria robusta | |
| Oak | Quercus spp. | |
| Pau Marfim | Balfourodendron riedelianum | Woodworker |
| Phillipine mahogany | Swietenia macrophylla; | |
| Quillaja bark | Factory to produce saponin | |
| Ramin | Gonystylus bancanus | Woodworker |
| Tanganyika aningre | ||
| Western red cedar | Thuja plicata (Plicatic acid has been identified as the low-molecular-weight chemical sensitizer.) | Carpentry, furniture making, cabinetmaking, sawmill worker |
| Mold & Algae | ||
| Dictyostelium discoideum | Technicians | |
| Aspergillus niger | Technicians | |
| Aspergillus | Beet sugar workers | |
| Aspergillus alternaria | Baker | |
| Trichoderma koningii | Sawmill workers | |
| Plasmopara viticola | Agricultural workers | |
| Chorella | Pharmacists | |
| Neurospora | Plywood factory worker | |
| Chrysonilia sitophila | Logging worker | |
| Rhizopus nigricans | Coal miner | |
Permission to use table from Moira Chan-Yeung. For the up-to-date version, see www.asthme.csst.qc.ca.
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Revised May 30, 2018