The increase in seroprevalence to Toxocara canis in asthmatic children is related to cross-reaction with Ascaris suum antigens

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Munoz Guzman M A ^a   del Rio Navarro B E ^b   Valdivia Anda, G ^a   Alba Hurtado, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Excretion secretion antigens; Seroprevalence; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ASCARIS SUUM; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MEXICO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 77953122815     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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