BACKGROUND Recent years have seen increased levels of production and consumption
of seafood, leading to more frequent reporting of allergic reactions in occupational and …

… 28 Jeebhay M F. Occupational allergy associated with saltwater bony fish processing in
South Africa. Doctor of Philosophy (Industrial Health): University of Michigan—2003. …

… Jeebhay is an occupational medicine specialist and Head of Occupational Medicine in the
School of Public Health & Family Medicine and the Department of Medicine at the University …

BACKGROUND: Several case reports show allergy and anaphylactic reactions to the fish
parasite Anisakis in the domestic and occupational setting. Further research is needed on the …

… Jeebhay MF. Exposure response relationships for work-related asthma in fish processing
workers. In: XXX Congress on Occupational Health of the International Commission on …

Occupational exposure to foods is responsible for up to 25% of cases of occupational asthma
and rhinitis. Animal and vegetable high‐molecular‐weight proteins present in aerosolized …

Exposure to high molecular weight sensitizers of biological origin is an important risk factor
for the development of asthma and rhinitis. Most of the causal allergens have been defined …

… Finally, there is also some evidence that processing raw versus cooked crustaceans and
fish may be less sensitizing (Lopata AL, Jeebhay MF, unpublished observation) [44••,63] . …

Background Fish processing is a common economic activity in Southern Africa. The aim of
this study was to determine the prevalence and host determinants of allergic symptoms, …

The fishing and fish processing industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years.
In 1990 the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimated that the number of people …