Latex allergy: is the allergen thermolabile?
Rat, J.P.
Allergie et Immunologie 26(6): 219-220
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0397-9148 PMID: 7945788 Document Number: 438075
The 30,000 dalton latex allergen is considered to be both hydrosoluble and thermolabile. Its thermolability does not seem to have been proved in various reviews. Three lots were prepared from an original soaking solution by different heating techniques. The prick-tests done with the three heated lots and with the original solution prove that, despite apparent contradictory results, the allergen is truly thermolabile. Could this thermolability trait be an explication for latex allergy?