The prevalence of parasite infestation and house dust mite sensitization in gabonese schoolchildren

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-238

  Van Den Biggelaar, Anita H J ^a,d   Lopuhaa, Christa ^b   Van Ree, Ronald ^c   Van Der Zee, Jaring S ^b   Jans, Judith ^a,d   Hoek, Annet ^a,d   Migombet, Brigitte ^d   Borrmann, Steffen ^d,e   Luckner, Doris ^d,e   Kremsner, Peter G ^d,e   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^d ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Atopy; Filariasis; Helminth; IgE; Malaria; Schistosomiasis; Skin test reactivity

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GABON; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MANSONELLIASIS; MITES; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 18244401964     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049519     Document Type: Article

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