The effect of infectious burden on the prevalence of atopy and respiratory allergies in Iceland, Estonia, and Sweden

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 673-679

  Janson, Christer ^a   Asbjornsdottir, Hulda ^b   Birgisdottir, Alda ^b   Sigurjonsdottir, Rúna Björg ^b   Gunnbjörnsdottir, María ^a   Gislason, Davíd ^c   Olafsson, Isleifur ^c   Cook, Elízabet ^c   Jögi, Rain ^d   Gislason, Thorarinn ^c   Thjodleifsson, Bjarni ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

allergic asthma; allergic rhinitis; Atopy; Chlamydia pneumoniae immunology; epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori immunology; hepatitis A immunology; herpes simplex immunology; hygiene hypothesis; infection

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; ICELAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWEDEN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 34548359020     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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