Ascaris lumbricoides infection is associated with increased risk of childhood asthma and atopy in rural China

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1489-1493

  Palmer, Lyle J ^a,b,c,d   Celedón, Juan C ^a,b,c,d   Weiss, Scott T ^a,b,c,d   Wang, Binyan ^a,b,c,d   Fang, Zhian ^a,b,c,d   Xu, Xiping ^a,b,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Child; China; Helminthic infection

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RURAL AREA; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036606244     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2107020     Document Type: Article

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