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MINI REVIEW article

Front. Allergy
Sec. Food Allergy
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/falgy.2024.1456999
This article is part of the Research Topic Shellfish Allergy: Diagnostics and Management View all articles

Diagnosis and Management of Shrimp Allergy

Provisionally accepted
Brendabin Su Brendabin Su 1Warren Blackmon Warren Blackmon 1Chun Xu Chun Xu 2Christopher Holt Christopher Holt 1Nathaniel Boateng Nathaniel Boateng 3Darren Wang Darren Wang 3Vibha Szafron Vibha Szafron 1Aikaterini Anagnostou Aikaterini Anagnostou 1Sara Anvari Sara Anvari 1Carla M. Davis Carla M. Davis 1*
  • 1 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
  • 2 University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas, United States
  • 3 Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States

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    Shrimp allergy, the second most common food allergy in the United States, affects up to 1.3% of the population. Its etiology is multi-factorial with the combination of genetic predisposition and environmental exposures. This review summarizes the latest diagnosis and management strategies for shrimp allergy. Currently, the double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge is the gold standard for diagnosis. Moreover, mainstream and experimental management strategies include food allergen avoidance, the FDA-approved omalizumab, and oral immunotherapy. Herein, we emphasize the urgent need to develop more effective diagnostic tools and therapies for shrimp allergy.

    Keywords: Shrimp allergy, Genetics, diagnosis, Management, specific IgE

    Received: 29 Jun 2024; Accepted: 13 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Su, Blackmon, Xu, Holt, Boateng, Wang, Szafron, Anagnostou, Anvari and Davis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Carla M. Davis, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States

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