Association between infections and signs and symptoms of 'atopic' hypersensitivity - Results of a cross-sectional survey among first-year university students in Germany and Spain

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 580-584

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Stock, C ^b   Pfahlberg, A ^c   Guillen Grima F ^c   Aguinaga Ontoso, I ^c   Brun Sandiumenge, C ^c   Kramer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atopic diseases; Cross sectional study; Helicobacter pylori; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Herpes simplex; Immunoglobulin E; Serology; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SMOKING; SPAIN; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SMOKING; SPAIN; STATISTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0038575320     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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