Ascaris lumbricoids infection as a risk factor for asthma and atopy in rural Bangladeshi children

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 77-85

  Hawlader, Mohammad D H ^a,b   Ma, Enbo ^a   Noguchi, Emiko ^a,c   Itoh, Makoto ^d   Arifeen, Shams E ^b   Persson, Lars Å ^e   Moore, Sophie E ^f   Raqib, Rubhana ^b   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopy; Bangladesh; Helminth infection; IgE; Pediatric asthma

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WHEEZING;

EID: 84904265204     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2013-19     Document Type: Article

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