Intestinal worms and human allergy

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 455-467

  Cooper, Philip J ^a,b,c  

^a Hospital Pedro Vicente Maldonado   (Ecuador)

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

^c NONE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Geohelminths; Immune tolerance; Intestinal helminths

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 16244420085     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-9838.2004.00728.x     Document Type: Review

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