Atopy, intestinal helminth infection and total serum IgE in rural and urban adult Gambian communities

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1672-1678

  Nyan, O A ^a   Walraven, G E L ^a   Banya, W A S ^a   Milligan, P ^a   Van Der Sande, M ^a   Ceesay, S M ^a   Del Prete, G ^b   McAdam, K P W J ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult Gambian; Asthma; Atopy; IgE; Intestinal helminths

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GAMBIA; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOULD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035725889     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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