Reduced risk of atopy among school-age children infected with geohelminth parasites in a rural area of the tropics

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 995-1000

  Cooper, Philip J ^a,b,d   Chico, Martha E ^b   Rodrigues, Laura C ^c   Ordonez, Marisol ^b   Strachan, David ^d   Griffin, George E ^d   Nutman, Thomas B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Hospital Pedro Vicente Maldonado   (Ecuador)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti Ascaris lumbricoides IgG4; Atopy; Ecuador; Geohelminths; Intestinal helminths; Total IgE; Tropics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ATOPY; CHILD; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SKIN TEST; TROPICS;

EID: 0037728919     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1348     Document Type: Article

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