IgE response to Ascaris lumbricoides in Russian children indicates IgE responses to common environmental allergens

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1122-1123

  Koskinen, J P ^a   Laatikainen, T ^b   Von Hertzen, L ^b   Vartiainen, E ^b   Haahtela, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

allergy; Ascaris lumbricoides; atopy; helminth infection; IgE response

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ATOPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RUSSIA;

EID: 79960007978     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02572.x     Document Type: Note

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