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However, there are no epidemiological data concerning the prevalence of TU allergy in an unselected exposed population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The aims were to study the prevalence of TU sensitization among greenhouse workers and its relationship to the working environment and to personal factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We studied 246 consecutive greenhouse workers, recruited directly from the field. A clinical and epidemiological questionnaire, a skin\u2010prick test (SPT) to TU and common allergens and TU\u2010specific IgE (RAST) determinations were performed. Seventy\u2010five healthy volunteers and 152 atopic patients were used as a control group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of a positive SPT to TU was of 25%. Forty\u2010five workers (19%) were TU\u2010allergic, occurring more often in atopic greenhouse workers (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.0001). Seven per cent showed asymptomatic sensitization. The time of exposure to TU was significantly greater in the TU\u2010allergic patients (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.05). The probability of sensitization to TU was 3.7 times greater in exposed than in non\u2010exposed subjects (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.0001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, the prevalence of TU sensitization was 25%. 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