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Research has found that mouse infestation rather than traffic fumes could be partly responsible for high rates of child asthma in cities.
Professor Robert Wood, from Johns Hopkins, suggested that the new findings meant many more children with asthma symptoms should be routinely tested for mouse allergies. He said: "Currently, it is not routine to test asthmatic children for allergies to mice "We think that doctors need to change their approach to inner-city asthma and take this into account." It's an interesting finding, but nobody routinely tests for it and they are unlikely to
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team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, US, carried out a study
of eight different cities to check the contents of dust samples from
the homes of children with asthma. The results were that 95% of the
samples contained mouse allergens, many involving droppings or urine,
18% of the children were then found to be allergic to these and they
tended to suffer from far worse asthma. 