From the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies (Drs Suarthana, Henneberger, Kreiss, and Petsonk, and Ms Shen and Mr Bueller), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WVa; Epidemic Intelligence Service Program (Dr Suarthana), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga; Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia (Dr Suarthana), Jakarta, Indonesia; Health Effects Laboratory Division (Drs Lewis and Janotka, and Ms Bledsoe), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WVa; and Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (Dr Leppla), Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Address correspondence to: Edward Lee Petsonk, MD, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown WV 26505 ([email protected]).
Mention of a specific product or company does not constitute endorsement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
To the best of the authors' knowledge, no study reported the incidence of new onset of asthma among insect-rearing workers. We found that insect-rearing workers had a remarkably high incidence of post-hire asthma, which was accounted for by workplace exposure to Lepidoptera.
The authors do not have competing interests to declare.
