The link between helminthic infection and atopy

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 186-188

  Mao, X Q ^a   Sun, D J ^b   Miyoshi, A ^e   Feng, Z ^b   Handzel, Z T ^e   Hopkin, J M ^a   Shirakawa, T ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; TUBERCULIN;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034191919     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01642-2     Document Type: Note

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