Effects of Helicobacter pylori, geohelminth infection and selected commensal bacteria on the risk of allergic disease and sensitization in 3-year-old Ethiopian children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1422-1430

  Amberbir, A ^a,b   Medhin, G ^a   Erku, W ^a   Alem, A ^a   Simms, R ^b   Robinson, K ^b   Fogarty, A ^b   Britton, J ^b   Venn, A ^b   Davey, G ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eczema; Geohelminths; Helicobacter pylori; Microflora; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COCKROACH ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TRICHURIASIS; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; BACTERIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ECZEMA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052969017     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03831.x     Document Type: Article

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