Worm infestation and the negative association with eczema (atopic/nonatopic) and allergic sensitization

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1014-1020

  Schäfer, Torsten ^a   Meyer, T ^a   Ring, J ^b,c   Wichmann, H E ^c,d   Heinrich, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopic; Eczema; Epidemiology; Helminthic infection; Nonatopic; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ASCARIASIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; ENTEROBIASIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORM INFECTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 21744451087     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00801.x     Document Type: Review

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