Can Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection prevent asthma and other allergic disorders?

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 113-116

  Suzuki, Naohito ^a   Kudo, Koichiro ^b   Sano, Yasuyuki ^a   Ito, Koji ^a  

^a Doai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; IgE; Interferon ; Interleukin 4; Intracellular cytokine assay; Th1 Th2; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TH1 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASTHMA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035053449     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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