Skin prick test reactivity to common allergens among women in Entebbe, Uganda

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-373

  Mpairwe, Harriet ^a   Muhangi, Lawrence ^a   Ndibazza, Juliet ^a   Tumusiime, Josephine ^b   Muwanga, Moses ^b   Rodrigues, Laura C ^c   Elliott, Alison M ^a,c  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b Entebbe Hospital   (Uganda)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Mansonella perstans; Skin prick test; Uganda; Worms

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ALLERGEN; FANSIDAR; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; NEVIRAPINE; PLACEBO; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DOG; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MATERNAL CARE; MOULD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIZATION; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; BLATTARIA; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; MANSONELLA PERSTANS;

EID: 40249100096     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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