Association of allergic sensitization with infectious diseases burden in Roma and non-Roma children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-248

  Michos, Athanasios ^a,b   Terzidis, Agis ^a   Kanariou, Maria ^c   Kalampoki, Vasiliki ^a   Koilia, Christina ^a   Giannaki, Maria ^c   Liatsis, Manolis ^c   Pangalis, Anastasia ^c   Petridou, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Children; Epidemiology; Hygiene hypothesis; Infections; Roma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALLERGIC SENSITIZATION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; ITALY; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS A; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFECTION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 79951807220     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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