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Medical and Veterinary Impact of the Urticating Processionary Larvae

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Processionary Moths and Climate Change : An Update

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This chapter presents recent findings on the impact of processionary moths on human and animal health. The data obtained demonstrate that setae can be dispersed kms away from their origin, a fact that explains why some sensitized subjects experience symptoms without a direct contact with larvae.

The presence of allergens present in setae, the immune response to these allergens and the epidemiological aspects of the impact on humans and animals are described.

A software (URTIRISK) has been developed that allows to observe the evolution of the allergic risk associated with the presence of pine processionary moth, through-out the French territory.

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  1. Immunology Department, Hospital Carlos III, Sinesio Delgado 10, 28029, Madrid, Spain

    Ignacio Moneo, Miguel González-Muñoz & Ana-Isabel Rodríguez-Mahillo

  2. Department DAFNAE-Entomology, University of Padua, Agripolis, 35020, Legnaro, Italy

    Andrea Battisti, Paolo Paolucci & Edoardo Petrucco Toffolo

  3. Research unit EpiMAI USC ANSES (Epidemiology of Animal Infectious Diseases), Alfort National Veterinary School, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, Maisons-Alfort, France

    Barbara Dufour & Julie Rivière

  4. Allergy Section, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, 47012, Valladolid, Spain

    José Carlos García-Ortiz & Jose María Vega

  5. French Agency for Food, Unit Epi, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), 23 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94706, Maisons-Alfort, France

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  6. INRA, UR0633 URZF (Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière), Orléans, France

    Alain Roques

  7. INRA, UR 546 Biostatistique et Processus Spatiaux, 84000, Avignon, France

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  8. Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, 47012, Valladolid, Spain

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Moneo, I. et al. (2015). Medical and Veterinary Impact of the Urticating Processionary Larvae. In: Roques, A. (eds) Processionary Moths and Climate Change : An Update. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9340-7_8

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