Effects of treating helminths during pregnancy and early childhood on risk of allergy-related outcomes: Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 784-792

  Namara, Benigna ^a   Nash, Stephen ^b   Lule, Swaib A ^a,b   Akurut, Hellen ^a   Mpairwe, Harriet ^a   Akello, Florence ^a   Tumusiime, Josephine ^c   Kizza, Moses ^a   Kabagenyi, Joyce ^a   Nkurunungi, Gyaviira ^a,b   Muhangi, Lawrence ^a   Webb, Emily L ^b   Muwanga, Moses ^c   Elliott, Alison M ^a,b  

^a MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit   (Uganda)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Entebbe Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

albendazole; asthma; atopy; eczema; helminth; IgE; praziquantel; prenatal; school age; wheeze

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UGANDA; URTICARIA; WHEEZING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

EID: 85038558398     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12804     Document Type: Article

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