Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection may protect against allergy in a tuberculosis endemic area

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-76

  Obihara, C C ^a,b   Kimpen, J L L ^a   Gie, R P ^b   Van Lill, S W ^b   Hoekstra, M O ^a   Marais, B J ^b   Schaaf, H S ^b   Lawrence, K ^b   Potter, P C ^c   Bateman, E D ^c   Lombard, C J ^d   Beyers, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allergic disease symptoms; Childhood; Inverse association; Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645034407     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02408.x     Document Type: Article

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