Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 37 1 1999 03 15 45 48 R. Amini H. Akbari 2015 09 28 The first epidemiologic survey of childhood allergic rhinitis in Iran was carried out from May 1995 until April 1996.. A questionnaire was distributed among 4584, 11-15 year-old children of both sexes, to be completed under supervision of medical students. Nasal smears were collected from the cases with allergic rhinitis (n = 445, 5.8%.), and from 340 healthy children for comparison. Significant nasal eosinophilia was present in 62% (274) of the chidren with allergic rhinitis. Classic allergic rhinitis was seen in 226 cases. In conclusion, allergic-rhinitis is one of the major health problems in Shiraz school children. Eosinophilia of nasal secretions has a specificity of 96% and sensitivity 62%, and seems to he somewhat valuable as a screening test for nasal allergy. https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/1767 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/1767/1760