High titre of anti-Ascaris immunoglobulin E associated with bronchial asthma symptoms in 5-year-old rural Bangladeshi children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 276-282

  Takeuchi, H ^a   Zaman, K ^b   Takahashi, J ^c   Yunus, M ^b   Chowdhury, H R ^b   Arifeen, S El ^b   Baqui, A ^d   Wakai, S ^a   Iwata, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^c FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e TOKYO KASEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti Ascaris IgE; Bangladesh; Child; Increased risk; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASTHMA; BANGLADESH; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; COCKROACH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; ASTHMA; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 38349136861     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02890.x     Document Type: Article

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