Associations between atopic markers in asthma and intestinal helminth infections in Cuban schoolchildren

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 332-338

  Vereecken, Kim ^a   Kanobana, Kirezi ^a   Wördemann, Meike ^a   Junco Diaz, Raquel ^b   Menocal Heredia, Lenina ^b   Ruiz Espinosa, Aniran ^c   Nuñez, Fidel Angel ^c   Rojas Rivero, Lazara ^c   Bonet Gorbea, Mariano ^b   Polman, Katja ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergen specific IgE; Asthma; Intestinal helminth infections; Skin prick test; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84861332382     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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