Does diversity of environmental microbial exposure matter for the occurrence of allergy and asthma?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-50

  Heederik, Dick ^a   Von Mutius, Erika ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

allergy; asthma; Environmental exposure; farming exposure; microbial exposure; microbiome; protective effects

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BETA (1 3) GLUCAN DERIVATIVE; BETA GLUCAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOTOXIN; MICROORGANISM ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; MURAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862840210     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.01.067     Document Type: Article

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