The prevalence of asthma appears to be inversely related to the incidence of typhoid and tuberculosis: Hypothesis to explain the variation in asthma prevalence around the world

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-42

  Jones, P D ^a   Gibson, P G ^b   Henry, R L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

OCEANIA;

EID: 0033866490     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1999.0997     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Beasley R., Mutius E. V., Pearce N. Worldwide variation in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic conjunctivitis, and atopic asthma: ISAAC. Lancet. 351:1998;1225-1232.
2. Rennick G. J., Jarman F. C. Are children with asthma affected by smog? Med J Aust. 156:1992;837-839.
3. Sur S., Gleich G. J., Swanson M. C., Bartemes K. R., Broide D. H. Eosinophilic inflammation is associated with the elevation of interleukin-5 in the airways of patients with spontaneous symptomatic asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1995;661-668.
4. Holt P. G., Sly P. D. Breaking the nexus between asthma and atopy. Med J Aust. 169:1998;354-355.
5. Wegmenn T. G., Lin H., Guilbert L., Mosmann T. R. Bi-directional cytokine interactions the maternal-fetal relationship: is successful pregnancy a Th2 phenomenon? Immunol Today. 14:1993;353-356.
6. Holt P. G. Primary allergic sensitisation to environmental antigens: perinatal T-cell priming as a determinant of responder type in adulthood. J Exp Med. 183:1996;1297-1301.
7. Mandal B. K. Salmonella Infections. Cook G. C. Manson's Tropical Diseases, 12th edition. 1996;849-863 WB Saunders.
8. Wharton B. A. Gastroenterological problems in developing countries. Anderson C. M., Burke V. Paediatric Gastroenterology. 1975;Blackwell, Oxford.
9. Walker-Smith J. A. Intractable Diarrhoea. Walker-Smith J. A. Diseases of the Small Intestine of Childhood, 3rd edition. 1988;390-414 Butterworth & Co Ltd.
10. World Health Annual Statistics. World Health Organisation, Geneva, 1994.
11. International Travel and Health, Vaccination Requirements and Health Advice, World Health Organisation, Geneva, 1996.