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We describe a new source of occupational pollen allergy.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Aim:\u2002<\/jats:bold> To study the incidence and the impact of broccoli and cauliflower pollen allergy in employees involved in classical plant breeding.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:\u2002<\/jats:bold> Fifty\u2010four employees of five companies working with cauliflower (<jats:italic>Brassica oleracea botrytis<\/jats:italic>) and broccoli (<jats:italic>B. oleracea italica<\/jats:italic>\/<jats:italic>cymosa<\/jats:italic>) pollen were eligible for complete evaluation. Allergy to cauliflower and broccoli pollen was evaluated by questionnaire and determination of sensitization by radioallergosorbent test (RAST) and skin\u2010prick tests (SPT). SPT and RAST were performed with a panel of commercial and homemade extracts from cauliflower and broccoli pollen.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:\u2002<\/jats:bold> Work\u2010related symptoms such as rhinitis, conjunctivitis, asthma and urticaria caused by <jats:italic>B. oleracea<\/jats:italic> pollen were reported by 44% of the participants (24\/54), of whom all but one had positive SPT for cauliflower\u2010 and\/or broccoli\u2010pollen\/flower extracts and 58% (14\/24) had positive RAST results. Symptoms had developed within the first 2\u2003years in 33% of the patients. Six patients had to stop or change work.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:\u2002<\/jats:bold>  <jats:italic>Brassica oleracea<\/jats:italic> pollen is a new source of occupational allergen with strong allergenic potential leading to symptoms in almost half of the exposed employees.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1398-9995.2006.01055.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,2,27]],"date-time":"2006-02-27T11:13:05Z","timestamp":1141038785000},"page":"498-502","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["<i>Brassica oleracea<\/i> pollen, a new source of occupational allergens"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"H. K.","family":"Hermanides","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A. 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