This study incorporated the follow-up of the 12 brazil nut allergic patients who took part in a study in the late 1980's, in addition to patients who had presented in allergy clinics in recent months.

Fifty patients with confirmed or suspected brazil nut allergy were seen as part of this study.

Researchers have collaborated with a team from Nottingham University in an attempt to identify allergenic proteins in brazil nut.



Clinical and Experimental Allergy 21, 373-376 (1991)
Immunological characteristics of Brazil nut allergy
Arshad SH, Malmberg E, Krapf K, Hide DW

Clinical and Experimental Allergy 33, 1147-1152 (2003)
Invitro stability and immunoreactivity of the native and recombinant plant food 2S albumins Ber e 1 and SFA-8
Murtagh GJ, Archer DB, Dumoulin M, Ridout S, Matthews S, Arshad SH