Environmental determinants of total IgE among school children living in the rural Tropics: Importance of geohelminth infections and effect of anthelmintic treatment

BMC Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cooper, Philip J ^a,b,c   Alexander, Neal ^d   Moncayo, Ana Lucia ^a   Benitez, Susana M ^a,b   Chico, Martha E ^a,b   Vaca, Maritza G ^a,b   Griffin, George E ^c  

^a Laboratorio de Investigaciones FEPIS   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIS; TROPICS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 47749138958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-9-33     Document Type: Article

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