Protective parasites and medicinal microbes? The case for the hygiene hypothesis

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Gore, C ^a   Custovic, A ^a   Van Schayck, C P ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Eczema; Gastrointestinal microflora; Hygiene hypothesis; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 2542462402     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.02.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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